title: Abdominal cysticercosis in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta).
abstract: A mid-abdominal mass was discovered during routine physical examination of a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). Further diagnostics and exploratory laparotomy were performed, revealing a fluid-filled cyst attached to the caudal free margin of the greater omentum. Formation and pulsatile movement of white-colored circumferential bands within the wall of the cyst were observed during surgery. The cyst was removed and later was dissected. The discovery of a single invaginated scolex identified the cyst as a cysticercus. The location and characteristics of the cysticercus were consistent with the larval form of Taenia hydatigena.
authors.affiliation: Oregon National Primate Research Center, 505 NW 185th Avenue, Beaverton, Oregon 97006, USA.
authors.forename: Theodore R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Hobbs
authors.forename: Lois M A
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Colgin
authors.forename: Gwendalyn M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Maginnis
authors.forename: Anne D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D009852:Omentum / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome