Reproductive System, Female

Vagina - Cyst

    Narrative
    Vagina - Cyst in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. A prominent thin-walled cyst is present in the vaginal wall.
    Vagina - Cyst in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). Cuboidal epithelium lines the cyst, which contains amorphous eosinophilic debris.
    Vagina - Cyst in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. A thin-walled cyst containing eosinophilic debris is present in the wall of the vagina.

    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