title: Spontaneous high-grade glial intramedullary tumor of the spine in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 4-year-old rhesus macaque presented with acute, progressive paresis of the extremities.
  
  
  METHODS
  A complete blood count, serum biochemical analysis, neurologic exam and necropsy were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical, histopathological, and immunohistochemical findings confirmed a high-grade intramedullary glial tumor of the spinal cord that was most consistent with an ependymoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We describe a case of a naturally occurring spontaneous spinal cord neoplasia in a non-human primate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Sciences, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Bastrop, TX 78602, USA.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Hanley
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Wilkerson
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bernacky
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Barnhart
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Baze
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McArthur
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010291:Paresis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*