Bilateral hamartomatous medullary lipoma within the nasal turbinate bones in a cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis)

J Vet Med Sci. 2016 Dec 1;78(11):1741-1743. doi: 10.1292/jvms.16-0286. Epub 2016 Aug 6.

Abstract

A 15-year-old male cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) showed large bilateral masses in the maxillary sinus. In histopathological examination, both masses revealed benign medullary lipomas within the turbinate bones. The tumors were composed of well-developed lipocytes, trabecular bones and a few blood vessels. Although we initially diagnosed the tumor as bilateral lipomas in the nasal turbinates, it was not differentiated from lipomatous hamartoma. Findings, such as unique symmetrical proliferation, lack of border from the normal marrow and the intact surrounding tissue, indicated a lipomatous hamartoma/hamartomatous lipoma, thought to be a suitable diagnosis of the lesion. Of most interest was that such a proliferating lesion occurred in the nasal turbinate.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Bone Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Brain Stem Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Brain Stem Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hamartoma / diagnosis
  • Hamartoma / veterinary*
  • Lipoma / diagnosis*
  • Macaca fascicularis
  • Male
  • Monkey Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Turbinates / pathology*