Mammary adenocarcinoma in a male squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus).
A nodule was identified within the right mammary gland of a 16-year-old male squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus). The mass was excised and diagnosed as a mammary adenocarcinoma. The monkey developed congestive heart failure 1.5 years later and was euthanatized. At necropsy, a subcutaneous mass was found in the right axillary region. Histologically, the mass was identified as a lymph node whose architecture was effaced by neoplastic cells resembling those of the mammary tumor. Metastasis to internal organs was not observed. This is the first reported case of a mammary tumor in a New World primate and the only known case of mammary cancer in a male nonhuman primate.
Waggie
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Tolwani
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Lyons
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D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D005065:Euthanasia; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000473:pathology; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D012453:Saimiri; D015674:Mammary Neoplasms, Animal / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology