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Spontaneous high-grade glial intramedullary tumor of the spine in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta).
J Med Primatol
; 42(3): 158-60, 2013 Jun.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23534377
RESUMO
BACKGROUND: A 4-year-old rhesus macaque presented with acute, progressive paresis of the extremities. METHODS: A complete blood count, serum biochemical analysis, neurologic exam and necropsy were performed. RESULTS: The clinical, histopathological, and immunohistochemical findings confirmed a high-grade intramedullary glial tumor of the spinal cord that was most consistent with an ependymoma. CONCLUSIONS: We describe a case of a naturally occurring spontaneous spinal cord neoplasia in a non-human primate.