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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol. 2014 Jun 30;101(4):300–307. doi: 10.1002/bdrb.21113

Table 1.

Results of histopathological evaluation of GD 18 mouse fetuses.

Histology Finding Vehicle MMI
(20 mg/kg)
MMI
(2 mg/kg)
PTU
(100 mg/kg)
PTU
(10 mg/kg)
No. of
effected
(%)
Total No. of
effected
(%)
Total No. of
effected
(%)
Total No. of
effected
(%)
Total No. of
effected
(%)
Total
Placenta:
Hemorrhage 2 (6) 33 1 (4) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 25 0 (0) 12
Edema 4 (12) 33 2 (9) 23 2 (15) 13 0 (0) 25 1 (8) 12
Limbs:   
Subcutaneous hemorrhage 2 (6) 33 6 (26) 23 4 (31) 13 0 (0) 34 2 (17) 12
Hemorrhage in the rear leg 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 12
Hemorrhage in elbow 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 1 (8) 12
Head:   
Soft tissue edema 0 (0) 33 0 (0) 23 1 (8) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 9
Blood/ fluid in nasal cavity 6 (18) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 2 (6) 34 1 (11) 9
Blood in the oral cavity 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 9
Cleft palate 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 9
Brain:   
Dilated lateral ventricles 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 9
Fluid in the lateral ventricles 2 (6) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 1 (3) 34 0 (0) 9
Hemorrhage/ fluid in meninges 1 (3) 33 1 (4) 23 0 (0) 13 1 (3) 34 0 (0) 9
Blood in corpus collosum 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 9
Thorax:   
Hemorrhage in the pericardium 16 (48) 33 10 (43) 23 4 (31) 13 11 (32) 34 6 (60) 10
Laryngeal edema (minimal) 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 10
Peri-tracheal edema 0 (0) 33 0 (0) 23 1 (8) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 10
Hemorrhage in neck 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 10
Hemorrhage in thymus 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 1 (3) 34 0 (0) 10
Fluid in the pleural cavity 0 (0) 33 0 (0) 23 1 (8) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 10
Abdomen:   
Hemorrhage at the umbilicus 3 (9) 33 2 (9) 23 1 (8) 13 4 (12) 34 3 (30) 10
Foci of hemorrhage in urinary bladder 4 (12) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 10
Hemorrhage and/ necrosis in liver 2 (6) 33 1 (4) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 10
Edema in urinary bladder 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 10
Fluid in pleural cavity 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 10
Mineral in the kidney 1 (3) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 10
Kidney: MF tubular mineralization (minimal) 0 (0) 33 11 (48) 23 2 (15) 13 1 (3) 34 0 (0) 10
Body: whole congestion 0 (0) 33 1 (4) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 0 (0) 10
Blood in abdominal cavity 0 (0) 33 1 (4) 23 1 (8) 13 1 (3) 34 0 (0) 10
Fibrin near the colon 0 (0) 33 0 (0) 23 0 (0) 13 0 (0) 34 1 (10) 10