Alimentary System

Salivary Gland - Fibrosis

    Narrative
    Salivary gland - Fibrosis in a male F344/N rat from a subchronic study. Fibrillar eosinophilic material (fibrosis) surrounds the salivary gland and separates the lobules.
    Salivary gland - Fibrosis in a male F344/N rat from a subchronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). There are inflammatory cells within the fibrotic tissue.

    Authors:

    Linda H. Kooistra, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Pathologist
    Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Abraham Nyska, DVM, Diplomate ECVP, Fellow IATP
    Expert in Toxicologic Pathology
    Visiting Full Professor of Pathology
    Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Timrat Israel

    Reviewers:

    Joel R. Leininger, DVM, PhD
    Senior Pathologist
    MedImmune
    Washington, DC

    Amy Brix, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC