Reproductive System, Female

Clitoral Gland - Inflammation

    Narrative
    Clitoral gland - Inflammation, Chronic active in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. An infiltration of lymphocytes, neutrophils, and macrophages is present in the gland parenchyma and around the ducts.
    Clitoral gland - Inflammation, Chronic active in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). An infiltration of lymphocytes, neutrophils, and macrophages is present in the gland parenchyma and around the ducts.
    Clitoral gland - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. Extensive aggregates of dead and dying neutrophils are present in the gland parenchyma and ducts.
    Clitoral gland - Inflammation, Suppurative in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). There are extensive aggregates of dead and dying neutrophils.

    Authors

    Gabrielle Willson, BVMS, Dip RC Path, FRC Path, MRCVS
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Karen Y. Cimon, DVM, MS
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Gordon Flake, MD
    Staff Scientist
    NTP Pathologist
    Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Reviewers

    Karen S. Regan, DVM, DABT, DACVP
    Pathologist
    Regan Path/Tox Services, Inc.
    Ashland, OH  

    Darlene Dixon, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Fellow, IATP
    Group Leader, Molecular Pathogenesis Group
    National Toxicology Program Laboratory
    National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC