Reproductive System, Female

Vagina - Mucification

    Narrative
    Vagina - Mucification in a female Harlan Sprague-Dawley rat from a chronic study. The epithelium of the vagina is superficially mucified.
    Vagina - Mucification in a female Harlan Sprague-Dawley rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). The vagina epithelium is composed of individual epithelial cells distended by a pale mucin-like material.

    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