European Society of Toxicologic Pathology (ESTP)
    European Society of Toxicologic Pathology
ESTP Congress 2006: Case No 3
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Digital slide(s): Case 3-1: Eye
Case 3-2: Eye
Species / breed: Rat, Wistar
Sex: Male
Age: About 2 year old
Study type: Carcinogenicity study
Treatment: HPPDase inhibitors
Tissue samples from different treated rats at high dose and sacrificed at or close to the end of the study.
Clinical findings: At the 6 month, 1 and 2 year ophthalmoscopy examination, treatment-related findings consisted of corneal opacity, neovascularisation, edema of the cornea and "snow flake-like" corneal opacity in both sexes.
Organ(s): Eye
Gross finding(s): Ocular opacity
Staining: H&E
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