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Ectopic splenic nodules in the olive baboon ( Papio cynocephalus anubis )
Author(s) -
Jeneby M.M.,
Langoi D.,
Mwenda J.M.,
D. Chai
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0684.2003.00001.x
Subject(s) - baboon , spleen , papio anubis , nodule (geology) , anatomy , pathology , choristoma , biology , quadrant (abdomen) , stomach , splenic disease , pathological , medicine , splenectomy , endocrinology , immunology , paleontology
Post‐mortem evaluation of a female sub‐adult olive baboon ( Papio cynocephalus anubis ) revealed a case of ectopic spleen anomaly. Three spherical masses characterized the spleen anomaly. The splenic nodules were located on the left upper quadrant of the stomach, at the distal end of the pancreas. The anterior nodule measures 1.2 cm, the middle nodule 1.9 cm and the posterior nodule 1.3 cm in diameter. Normal spleen was not observed in this case. All the three ectopic splenic nodules showed normal histological architecture. A case of ectopic splenic nodules in baboon is important in that the spleen malformation can readily be mistaken for a pathological process.