title: Malignant hypertension and retinopathy in a western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 34-year-old western lowland gorilla presented with peracute blindness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical evaluation, diagnostic imaging, laboratory analyses, blood pressure measurements, and necropsy were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical and postmortem findings supported malignant hypertension.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We describe a case of naturally occurring hypertensive encephalopathy and retinopathy in a gorilla.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Niemuth
authors.forename: Ryan S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: De Voe
authors.forename: Samuel H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jennings
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Loomis
authors.forename: Brigid V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Troan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006071:Gorilla gorilla; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D058437:Hypertensive Retinopathy / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: arteriosclerosis; hypertensive encephalopathy; necrotizing arteriolitis; retinal detachment