Dysthyroid orbital disease in Macaca fascicularis.
Fluctuating left exophthalmos in a mature male Macaca fascicularis was studied clinically utilizing the diagnostic modalities of A- and B-scan ultrasonography and computerized tomography in addition to routine ophthalmic examination and radiography. Laboratory results were suggestive of thyroid hypofunction. Clinical and histopathologic observations were consistent with a diagnosis of dysthyroid orbitopathy, a condition previously unreported in nonhuman primates and the most common cause of unilateral exophthalmos in humans.
D000818:Animals; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D008251:Macaca / Q000502:physiology*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography