Reproductive System, Female

Vagina - Hypertrophy, Stromal

    Narrative
    Vagina - Hypertrophy, Stromal in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. Thickening of the wall of the vagina is due to stromal hypertrophy.
    Vagina - Hypertrophy, Stromal in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). There is proliferation of stromal cells 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