title: Absence of the right wing of the ilium generated a compensatory scoliosis in rhesus monkey in captivity: diagnostic imaging and its alteration on the SEPNT.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Congenital scoliosis (CS) is defined as lateral curvatures of the spine provoked by the anomalous development of the vertebral bodies. It is associated with neuromuscular anomalies, which can be genetic, caused by the compensation of discrepancies in the length of the extremities or intrarachidian anomalies.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was carried out in 2-year-old female, showed alterations in the gait, mainly in the hind limbs, a clumsy gait and a slight claudication in the right hindlimb. To perform the imaging study were: X-Ray projections and Computerized Axial Tomography, neurophysiological evaluation was performed by means somatosensory-evoked potentials of the tibial nerve (SEPTN).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed an enlargement of the latencies from the L5 to the cortex, mainly in the left afference, correlated with the imaging studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is no doubt that the concurrent use of different diagnostic tools complements knowledge regarding the physiopathogenesis of these osteopathologies.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación, Proyecto CAMINA, A.C. Unidad de Primates No Humanos, Ciudad de México, Toriello Guerra, México DF, México; BIOINVERT, Biología Integral para Vertebrados: Unidad de experimentación animal, Edo. México, México.
authors.forename: Salvador A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Solís-Chávez
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ibáñez-Contreras
authors.forename: Sergio A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Reyes-Pantoja
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perdigón-Castañeda
authors.forename: Braulio
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hernández-Godínez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013979:Tibial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary
keywords: Macaca mulatta; congenital scoliosis; radiologic studies and tomography scan; somatosensory-evoked potentials of the tibial nerve