Oral Mucosa - Foreign Body - Gallery

Oral mucosa - Foreign body in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. The foreign body (arrow) is surrounded by suppurative inflammation.

Oral mucosa - Foreign body in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). The foreign body (arrow) appears to be plant material.

Oral mucosa - Foreign body in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. A foreign body (arrow) associated with an ulcer in the hard palate.

Oral mucosa - Foreign body in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). The foreign body is surrounded by suppurative inflammation.

Oral mucosa - Foreign body in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. There is a foreign body adjacent to a tooth (asterisk).

Oral mucosa � Foreign body in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 5). The foreign body appears to be a hair shaft.