A histopathological observation on the mammary gland of lactating rat injected with dexamethasone
1983
Yu, S.Y. | Lee, C.S. (Kyungbuk National Univ., Daegu (Korea R.). Coll. of Agriculture, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine)
The histopathological changes in the mammary gland of lactating rats and rabbits injected with dexamethasone were observed. In the mammary glands of rats, the microscopic findings encounted were decrease of milk in the alveolar lumina, necrosis and dequamation of epithelial cells, atrophy of alveoli, proliferation of fibroblasts and thickness of alveolar walls, destruction of alveoli, presence of fat droplets within the glandular epithelial cells, infiltration of mononuclear cells and proliferation of adipose tissue, which were relative to the dose and duration of injection
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