Stomach, Forestomach - Foreign Body

Stomach, Forestomach - Foreign body in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. A foreign body (hair) (arrow) has penetrated the epithelium and submucosa.
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comment:
Hair or feed material can become embedded in the wall of the forestomach secondary to injury from a gavage procedure or ulceration from xenobiotics. In Figure 1

recommendation:
A primary foreign body should be diagnosed but not graded. If a foreign body causes a significant inflammatory response, then both the foreign body and inflammation are diagnosed. A foreign body such as hairs or feed material that has been passively pushed into an ulcerated area should not be diagnosed separately but can be described in the narrative.references:
Brown HR, Hardisty JF. 1990. Oral cavity, esophagus and stomach. In: Pathology of the Fischer Rat (Boorman GA, Montgomery CA, MacKenzie WF, eds). Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 9-30. Abstract: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/9002563
Leininger JR, Jokinen MP, Dangler CA, Whiteley LO. 1999. Oral cavity, esophagus, and stomach. In: Pathology of the Mouse (Maronpot RR, ed). Cache River Press, St Louis, MO, 29-48. Abstract: http://www.cacheriverpress.com/books/pathmouse.htm
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