Alimentary System

Tooth - Angiectasis

    Narrative
    Tooth - Angiectasis in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. There are numerous dilated blood vessels in the tooth pulp (arrow), consistent with angiectasis.
    Tooth - Angiectasis in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). There are numerous dilated blood vessels with unremarkable endothelial cells in the tooth pulp.

    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