Reproductive System, Female

Oviduct - Necrosis

    Narrative
    Oviduct - Necrosis in a female Harlan Sprague-Dawley rat from a chronic study. There is sloughing of necrotic epithelial cells into the lumen of the oviduct.
    Oviduct - Necrosis in a female Harlan Sprague-Dawley rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). There is sloughing of necrotic epithelial cells into the lumen of the oviduct.

    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

    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