Cerebral cysts of ependymal or ventricular origin in a juvenile rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) with neurologic signs

J Med Primatol. 2019 Dec;48(6):378-380. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12435. Epub 2019 Aug 19.

Abstract

Naturally occurring neurologic disease in non-human primates may be attributable to a wide-range of causes, including infectious agents, congenital or acquired malformations, degenerative diseases, and, rarely, neoplasia. We report a case of ataxia and paresis in a juvenile rhesus macaque with ependymal-lined cerebral cysts.

Keywords: ataxia; brain cyst; non-human primate; paresis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ataxia / etiology
  • Ataxia / veterinary
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Cysts / veterinary*
  • Ependyma / pathology*
  • Female
  • Macaca mulatta*
  • Monkey Diseases / pathology*
  • Paresis / etiology
  • Paresis / veterinary