Unusual calcifications in a monkey's brain.
Symmetrical foci of calcification were found in both putamina of a baboon's brain. The deposits were related to capillaries and small arteries walls or distributed in the ground substance of the nervous tissue. Laser spectrography analysis disclosed accumulation of calcium, phosphorus, silicium, magnesium and copper. No iron cations were found in the deposits.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010215:Papio; D011699:Putamen / Q000473:pathology