Traumatic chylothorax in urbanized free-ranging black-tufted marmosets (Callithrix penicillata)

J Med Primatol. 2024 Feb;53(1):e12660. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12660. Epub 2023 Jul 2.

Abstract

After fatal traumatic injuries, three urbanized free-ranging marmosets developed a milky white or pink-white thoracic alkaline effusion with high specific gravity, triglyceride levels, and predominance of small lymphocytes. Chylothorax is an uncommon thoracic fluid accumulation in animals and humans and has not been reported in free-ranging non-human primates.

Keywords: cholesterol; cytology; effusion; monkeys; non-human primates; trauma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Callithrix*
  • Chylothorax* / etiology
  • Chylothorax* / veterinary