title: Recurrent idiopathic gingival enlargement in an olive baboon (Papio anubis).
abstract: We here describe a case of recurrent gingival enlargement in an olive baboon (Papio anubis). This baboon (a male breeder that had not undergone any experimental procedures) also had shown mild gingival enlargement the 2 y prior to the current lesion. Clinical and histopathologic findings confirmed a diagnosis of idiopathic gingival enlargement.
authors.affiliation: Program of Comparative Medicine, Department of Pathology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. krishnan@vetmed.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: Krishnan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kolappaswamy
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shipley
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McLeod
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: DeTolla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology*; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D048530:Papio anubis