Spontaneous telangiectatic osteosarcoma in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

B Goldschmidt1, M I Z Calado1, F C Resende1

  • 1Serviço de criação de primatas não humanos, Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia em Biomodelos (ICTB), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Summary

Telangiectatic osteosarcoma (TO), a rare bone cancer variant, was diagnosed in a rhesus monkey. This case provides the first report of TO and its cytogenetic analysis in non-human primates.

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