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Computed tomography or necropsy diagnosis of multiple bullae and the treatment of pneumothorax in rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta )
Author(s) -
Kim JongMin,
Han Sungyoung,
Shin JunSeop,
Min ByoungHoon,
Jeong Won Young,
Lee Ga Eul,
Kim Min Sun,
Kim Ju Eun,
Chung Hyunwoo,
Park ChungGyu
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.1111/jmp.12275
Subject(s) - pneumothorax , medicine , thoracotomy , lung , computed tomography , etiology , surgery , pathology
Pulmonary bullae and pneumothorax have various etiologies in veterinary medicine. We diagnosed multiple pulmonary bullae combined with or without pneumothorax by computed tomography ( CT ) or necropsy in seven rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ) imported from China. Two of seven rhesus macaques accompanied by pneumothorax were cured by fixation of ruptured lung through left or right 3rd intercostal thoracotomy. Pneumonyssus simicola, one of the etiologies of pulmonary bullae, was not detected from tracheobronchiolar lavage. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report on the CT ‐aided diagnosis of pulmonary bullae and the successful treatment of combined pneumothorax by thoracotomy in non‐human primates ( NHP s).