A spontaneous uterine sarcoma in a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med. 2002 Oct;49(8):428-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2002.00473.x.

Abstract

In primates, little has been reported about malignant mesenchymal uterine tumours. A case of a spontaneous metastasising uterine sarcoma in a 17-year-old rhesus monkey is presented. Clinically, transient abdominal pain, spasms, nausea, anaemia, a firm uterus and bloody vaginal discharge were noted. In a diagnostic laparoscopy, both massive adhesions in the lesser pelvis and 10 ml of ascites fluid were detected. In necropsy, in addition to peritonitis with massive adhesions, a cauliflower-shaped, irregular, tough, greyish-white uterine tumour was seen. Two cherry-sized tumour metastases were noticed in the greater omentum. In histology, both in the uterus and the metastases, a sarcoma with a low amount of connective tissue and well-differentiated cell nuclei was identified.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Immunohistochemistry / veterinary
  • Macaca mulatta*
  • Monkey Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Monkey Diseases / pathology
  • Omentum / pathology*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Sarcoma / diagnosis
  • Sarcoma / secondary
  • Sarcoma / ultrastructure
  • Sarcoma / veterinary*
  • Uterine Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Uterine Neoplasms / pathology
  • Uterine Neoplasms / ultrastructure
  • Uterine Neoplasms / veterinary*