title: Advanced gastric carcinoma in a de Brazza's guenon (Cercopithecus neglectus).
abstract: A necropsy case of advanced gastric carcinoma in a 20-year-old female de Brazza's guenon (Cercopithecus neglectus) was studied, Grossly, an excavated carcinoma mass, 60 x 55 x 35 mm in size, was located in the cardiac region of the stomach. Multiple disseminated nodules had implanted on the diaphragm and omentum. The tumor consisted of intestinal-type adenocarcinoma cells and showed infiltrative growth beyond the serosa. The morphologic features of this tumor closely resembled those of advanced gastric carcinomas in human patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Comparative Pathology, New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, MA 001722-9102, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isowa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masegi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D002521:Cercopithecus; D005260:Female; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*