Trichoepithelioma in a Barbary ape (Macaca sylvanus): review of cutaneous tumors in nonhuman primates and case report.
A cutaneous tumor was surgically removed from a 10-year-old, male Barbary ape (Macaca sylvanus). Histologically, the tumor was primarily adnexoid in nature and contained structures that resembled abortive hair follicles. The tumor was diagnosed as a trichoepithelioma.
D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D007636:Keratoacanthoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D008251:Macaca; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D011323:Primates; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*