Eye, Lens - Cataract - Gallery

Eye, Lens - Cataract in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. There are lens fibers with separation, swelling, granularity, condensation, fragmentation, and disruption of the normally orderly configuration.

Eye, Lens - Cataract in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. There are swollen, disrupted lens fibers (arrow) with abnormal retention of lens fiber nuclei (arrowhead).

Eye, Lens - Cataract in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. There is capsular thickening and wrinkling (arrow), subcapsular anterior epithelial hyperplasia (arrowhead), and swollen, disrupted lens fibers (asterisk).

Eye, Lens - Cataract in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. There is subcapsular mineralization (long arrow) of the lens; posterior synechia of the iris (short arrow) is also present.