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Eye, Anterior chamber - Proteinaceous fluid
Eye, Anterior chamber - Proteinaceous fluid in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. Anterior chamber proteinaceous fluid (arrow) is characterized by accumulations of homogeneous pale eosinophilic material that contains few if any inflammatory cells.
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Eye, Anterior chamber - Proteinaceous fluid in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. There are accumulations of homogeneous pale eosinophilic material in the anterior chamber (arrow) that contains few if any inflammatory cells.
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comment:
Anterior chamber proteinaceous fluid is characterized by intracameral accumulations of homogeneous pale eosinophilic material (often including fibrin) that contains few if any inflammatory cells ( Figure 1
and
Figure 2
). Anterior chamber proteinaceous fluid can compress the iridocorneal filtration angle channels and/or the adjacent trabecular meshwork, impeding normal drainage of aqueous humor with resultant elevations in intraocular pressure. (Other ocular lesions in
Figure 1
and/or
Figure 2
include posterior synechiae, lens cataract with mineralization, and/or iridial inflammation.)recommendation:
Proteinaceous fluid in the anterior chamber should be diagnosed as "Eye, Anterior chamber - Proteinaceous fluid" and assigned a severity grade. If anterior chamber proteinaceous fluid is part of a more dispersed inflammatory process in the eye, it need not be diagnosed separately but should be described in the pathology narrative.references:
National Toxicology Program. 1997. NTP TR-450. Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Tetrafluoroethylene (CAS No. 116-14-3) in F344 Rats and B6C3F1 Mice (Inhalation Studies). NTP, Research Triangle Park, NC. Abstract: https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/6044
Smith RS, Sundberg JP, John SWM. 2002. The anterior segment. In: Systematic Evaluation of the Mouse Eye: Anatomy, Pathology, and Biomethods (Smith RS, John SWM, Nishina PM, Sundberg JP, eds). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 111-159.