RESUMO
BACKGROUND: A uterine neoplasm was observed, as an incidental finding, during post-mortem examination of a 26-year-old female multiparous African green monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus). The intramural, expansile, 2 to 3 cm well-demarcated, dark-red, nodular neoplasm was located on the anterior uterine body (corpus) wall. METHODS: The mass was examined by light microscopy and by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: The mass was confirmed as a cavernous uterine angioleiomyoma (syn. vascular leiomyoma) characterized by abundant intratumoural vasculature lined by Factor VIII-positive endothelial cells and surrounded by smooth muscle actin-positive cell proliferations. CONCLUSION: Angioleiomyoma sharing the characteristics of intramural human cavernous uterine angioleiomyoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of uterine tumours in non-human primates.
Assuntos
Angiomioma/veterinária , Chlorocebus aethiops , Doenças dos Macacos/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Uterinas/veterinária , Angiomioma/diagnóstico , Angiomioma/diagnóstico por imagem , Animais , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Imuno-Histoquímica/veterinária , Doenças dos Macacos/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias Uterinas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Uterinas/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
A case of intravascular leiomiomatosis is presented. This gynecologic diseases is rare, although it can be of risk. A case is described with a review of the literature.