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Lung - Crystals - Gallery

Image of crystals in the lung from a male B6C3F1/N mouse in a chronic study
Lung - Crystals in a male B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. Acicular, eosinophilic crystals and associated granulomatous inflammation are present in the alveoli.
Image of crystals in the lung from a male B6C3F1/N mouse in a chronic study
Lung - Crystals in a male B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. The eosinophilic crystals are largely extracellular.
Image of crystals in the lung from a male B6C3F1/N mouse in a chronic study
Lung - Crystals in a male B6C3F1/N mouse from a chronic study. The larger crystals are extracellular, and the smaller crystals are within macrophages or multinucleated giant cells.
Image of crystals in the lung from a male B6C3F1/N mouse in a chronic study
Lung - Crystals in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. These deeply eosinophilic, variably shaped crystals are associated with hemorrhage.