Special Senses System

Eye, Retina - Detachment

    Narrative
    Eye, Retina - Detachment in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study. The retina is detached from the posterior fundus, remaining attached only at the optic disc and the ora ciliaris retinae, resulting in the classic "Y-shaped" configuration, and there is proteinaceous fluid in the subretinal space (S).
    Eye, Retina - Detachment in a female F344/N rat from a chronic study (higher magnification of Figure 1). There is proteinaceous fluid in the subretinal space (S) with complete disassociation of the retina (arrows) from the posterior fundus.
    Eye, Retina - Detachment in a male F344/N rat from a chronic study. The retina (R) is detached and degenerate, and he retinal pigment epithelium (arrow) has undergone reactive hypertrophy and hyperplasia.

    Author

    Margarita M. Gruebbel, DVM, PhD, DACVP
    Senior Pathologist
    Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
    Research Triangle Park, NC

    Reviewers

    Ruth E. Hurley, DVM, PHD, DACVP
    Senior Veterinary Pathologist
    Huntingdon Life Sciences
    North Brunswick, NJ

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