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Spontaneous Urinary Bladder Leiomyoma in a Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Here we report the case of a urinary bladder leiomyoma in a rhesus macaque. The animal was clinically normal and had a lipoma localized to the stifle. Endovesicular leiomyomas are the most common form of urinary bladder leiomyoma in humans. In contrast, this macaque's tumor exhibited extravesicular localization in the bladder. Urinary bladder leiomyomas account for less than 0.5% of all bladder tumors in humans, with only 250 cases reported in total.

Source: Comparative Medicine

DOI: 10.30802/aalas-cm-17-000050

Authors: Kathleen E Scott, Galit Frydman, James G Fox, Vasudevan Bakthavatchalu

Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Veterinary Oncology Research

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences