Research Article

Diabetic Cataract in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii Fatty Rats

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Histopathological findings in the lens tissues of SDT fatty rats and SD rats. Representative micrographs of the H&E stained lens extracted at 16 weeks of age. (a) Low magnification. Marked liquefaction beneath the anterior capsule (arrows), and eosinophilic amorphous lesions around the nucleus (asterisk) were observed in the lens of SDT fatty rats. (b) High magnification. Increased number of nuclei in epithelial cells (arrow), vacuolation (black arrowhead), and liquefaction (white arrowhead) were observed. .
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