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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Vet Pathol. 2014 Oct 3;52(5):967–976. doi: 10.1177/0300985814552108

Figures 6. Recent sternal segment dislocation, caudal segment of the sternum; 16-week-old affected mouse; HE.

Figures 6

Figure 6a. Recent dislocation is evident by full thickness cleft along the intersternebral joint (arrow) and disruption of the sternal musculature and surrounding tissue. Note absence of callus formation. Figure 6b. Higher magnification of inset in Figure 6a; degeneration and necrosis of the sternal musculature, minimal hemorrhage, and inflammation are evident (arrow heads). The high magnification inset showing amphophilic granular material within the cleft (*) is taken from the area in the photo enclosed by the dashed lines.