Table 1.
Signalment, Clinical and Pathologic Findings in Seven Old World Primates with Pheochromocytoma.
| Case | Species1 | Age2 | Sex | Facility4 | Reason for death | Diagnosis | Co-morbid conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. mulatta | 20 Y | F | ONPRC | Gastric outflow obstruction | Right adrenal gland, pheochromocytoma with pulmonary metastasis | Aspiration of gastric contents; renal tubular necrosis |
| 2 | M. mulatta | >31 Y | F | ONPRC | Poor anesthetic recovery with respiratory compromise | Right adrenal gland, pheochromocytoma, benign | Chronic interstitial pneumonia, prior lung mite infection; ovarian granulosa cell tumor; endometrial polyp; cardiovascular lesions; mammary gland adenoma |
| 3 | M. mulatta | 9 Y | M | ONPRC | Reactive stifle arthritis | Right adrenal gland, pheochromocytoma, benign | Chronic typhlocolitis |
| 4 | M. mulatta | >18 Y | M | ONPRC | Weight loss, utilized for tissue distribution | Adrenal gland, left or right not specified, pheochromocytoma, benign | Chronic colitis; submandibular salivary gland mixed tumor, infarcted; thyroid C cell hyperplasia and adenoma; active lung mite infection; subacute cholecystitis |
| 5 | M. mulatta | 17 Y | F | HCBP | Spontaneous death after birth of healthy infant | Left adrenal gland, pheochromocytoma with pulmonary metastasis | Undelivered placenta; right adrenocortical hyperplasia |
| 6 | C. aethiops | Adult | U3 | BSF | Not recorded | Right adrenal gland, pheochromocytoma with portal vein invasion | Not recorded |
| 7 | C. aethiops | 9 Y | F | BSF | Facial malignant melanoma | Left adrenal gland, pheochromocytoma, benign | Mild chronic, interstitial nephritis, glomerular sclerosis and obsolescence |
1
M. mulatta, Macaca mulatta, rhesus macaque; C. aethiops, Chlorocebus aethiops, African green monkey
2
Y, years
3
U, unknown
4
ONPRC, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR; HCBP, Harlow Center for Biological Psychology, Madison, WI; BSF, The Behavioral Science Foundation, St. Kitts, West Indies