Spontaneous pulmonary adenosquamous carcinoma in a free-living black capuchin monkey (Sapajus nigritus)

J Med Primatol. 2018 Apr;47(2):120-123. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12328. Epub 2017 Dec 28.

Abstract

Pulmonary neoplasia is rare among wild New World primates. We report the gross, microscopical, and immunohistochemical features of a primary multicentric pulmonary adenosquamous carcinoma in a free-living black capuchin monkey (Sapajus nigritus). Herein, the spectrum of pulmonary neoplasms in non-human primates is widened and briefly reviewed.

Keywords: New World primate; adenocarcinoma; lung; neoplasia; non-human primate; respiratory; squamous cell carcinoma; yellow fever.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild
  • Brazil
  • Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / veterinary*
  • Cebinae*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Monkey Diseases / diagnosis*