Cranial computed tomography in the evaluation of neurologic disorders in two nonhuman primates.
Cranial computed tomography (CCT) was used to evaluate neurologic disorders in 2 primates. In the 1st case, acute left hemiparesis developed in an adult female proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus). A CCT scan revealed a right frontal lobe abscess that was subsequently surgically drained. In the 2nd case, a juvenile black spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) experienced recurrent seizures following an episode of trauma and anoxia. A CCT scan demonstrated enlarged lateral ventricles and cerebral atrophy. Computed tomography proved to be a valuable technique for localizing and characterizing brain lesions in these 2 primates, after more conventional methods of investigation had failed to establish diagnoses.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002427:Cebidae; D002520:Cercopithecidae; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary*