Reproductive System, Male

Preputial Gland - Necrosis

    Narrative
    Preputial Gland - Necrosis. Asterisk indicates area of necrosis from a male F344/N rat in a chronic study.
    Preputial Gland - Necrosis. Higher magnification of Figure 1. Asterisk indicates accumulation of cellular, pyknotic, and karyorrhectic debris from a male F344/N rat in a chronic study.

    Authors

    Dianne M. Creasy, PhD, Dip RCPath, FRCPath
    Dianne Creasy Consulting LLC
    Pipersville, PA

    Robert R. Maronpot, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVP, DABT, FIATP
    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

    Dipak K. Giri, DVM, PHD, DACVP
    Toxicologic Pathologist
    Integrated Laboratory Systems, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Reviewers

    Mark F. Cesta, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Staff Scientist, NTP Pathologist
    Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch
    Division of the National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    David E. Malarkey DVM, PhD, DACVP, FIATP
    Head, National Toxicology Program Pathology Group
    Cellular and Molecular Pathology Branch
    Division of the National Toxicology Program
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC