Table 7.
The summary of histopathological findings
| Organ | Group (No. of Animals) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 40% RYR | ||
| Examined | 5 | 5 | |
| Brain | |||
| No finding noted | 5 | 5 | |
| Urinary bladder | |||
| No finding noted | 5 | 5 | |
| Gastrocnemius | |||
| No finding noted | 5 | 5 | |
| Liver | |||
| focal steatosis | Number of affected | 4 | 0 |
| Stomach | |||
| Focal glandular dilatation | Number of affected | 1 | 0 |
| Lung | |||
| Alveolar wall thickening | Number of affected | 5 | 5 |
| Alveolar congestion & edema | Number of affected | 5 | 5 |
| Focal peribronchial inflammatory cell infiltrates | Number of affected | 1 | 0 |
| Focal foamy macrophages infiltrates | Number of affected | 0 | 1 |
| Kidney | |||
| A few atrophy glomeruli | Number of affected | 5 | 5 |
| Protein casts | Number of affected | 5 | 4 |
| Focal interstitial inflammatory cell infiltrates | Number of affected | 2 | 2 |
| Cystic dilatation of tubules | Number of affected | 2 | 2 |
| Focal tubular degeneration | Number of affected | 1 | 0 |
| Focal areas of tubule basophilia | Number of affected | 0 | 1 |
| Thyroid | |||
| Minimal follicular cell hypertrophy & hyperplasia | Number of affected | 0 | 2 |