Special Senses System

Eye, Vitreous - Proteinaceous Fluid

    Narrative
    Eye, Vitreous - Proteinaceous fluid in a male F344/N rat from a subchronic study. There is homogeneous pale eosinophilic material (asterisk) with few inflammatory cells posterior to the lens; there is also retinal detachment and degeneration (arrow) and proteinaceous fluid in the subretinal space (S).

    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