Musculoskeletal System

Skeletal Muscle - Cyst

    Narrative
    eletal muscle - Cyst in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. A thin-walled epithelium-lined cyst is present within skeletal muscle.
    Skeletal muscle - Cyst in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). There is a flattened epithelial cyst wall with cross sections of hair within the lumen.
    Skeletal muscle - Cyst in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. A thin-walled cyst partially lined by flattened epithelium and containing keratin debris is present.
    Skeletal muscle - Cyst in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 3). There is necrosis of the epithelial lining (arrow) and keratin debris within the lumen of the cyst.

    Authors

    Torrie A. Crabbs, DVM, DACVP
    Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC  

    Reviewers

    Philip H. Long, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Presiden and Senior Pathologist
    Vet Path Services, Inc.
    Mason, OH

    Amy Brix, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Robert R. Maronpot, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVP, DABT, FIATP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC