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Oral Mucosa - Foreign Body - Gallery

Image of foreign body in the oral mucosa from a male F344/N rat in a chronic study
Oral mucosa - Foreign body in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. The foreign body (arrow) is surrounded by suppurative inflammation.
Image of foreign body in the oral mucosa from a male F344/N rat in a chronic study
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.
Image of foreign body in the oral mucosa from a male F344/N rat in a chronic study
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.
Image of foreign body in the oral mucosa from a male F344/N rat in a chronic study
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.
Image of foreign body in the oral mucosa from a female F344/N rat in a chronic study
Oral mucosa - Foreign body in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. There is a foreign body adjacent to a tooth (asterisk).
Image of foreign body in the oral mucosa from a female F344/N rat in a chronic study
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.
Image of foreign body in the oral mucosa from a male B6C3F1 mouse in a chronic study
Oral mucosa - Foreign body in a male B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study. Multiple hair shafts and associated inflammation are present in the periodontal tissue.
Image of foreign body in the oral mucosa from a male B6C3F1 mouse in a chronic study
Oral mucosa - Foreign body in a male B6C3F1 mouse from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 7). Multiple hair shafts and associated inflammation are present in the periodontal tissue.