Nerve sheath tumor in the forearm of a common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

Sarah Kezar; Natalie W Fowlkes; Martha E Hensel

doi:10.1111/jmp.12659

Nerve sheath tumor in the forearm of a common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

J Med Primatol. 2024 Feb;53(1):e12659. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12659. Epub 2023 Jun 20.

Authors

Sarah Kezar¹, Natalie W Fowlkes², Martha E Hensel¹

Affiliations

¹ The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research, Bastrop, Texas, USA.
² The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Veterinary and Comparative Pathology, Houston, Texas, USA.

PMID: 37340582
DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12659

Abstract

Tumors of the skin and subcutaneous tissues are uncommon in marmosets. In this report, we describe the gross, histopathology, and immunohistochemical findings of a nerve sheath tumor that arose in the left forearm of an adult female marmoset (Callthrix jacchus).

Keywords: Callithrix jacchus; common marmoset; neoplasia; nerve sheath tumor; soft-tissue sarcoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain Neoplasms*
Callithrix / physiology
Female
Forearm
Nerve Sheath Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Nerve Sheath Neoplasms* / veterinary
Syndrome