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Computed tomography or necropsy diagnosis of multiple bullae and the treatment of pneumothorax in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) |
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| Authors: | Jong‐Min Kim Sungyoung Han Jun‐Seop Shin Byoung‐Hoon Min Won Young Jeong Ga Eul Lee Min Sun Kim Ju Eun Kim Hyunwoo Chung Chung‐Gyu Park |
| Affiliation: | 1. Xenotransplantation Research Center, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea;2. Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea;3. Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea;4. Seoul Animal Medical Center, Seoul, Korea;5. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea;6. Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea;7. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea |
| Abstract: | 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 (NHPs). |
| Keywords: | Computed tomography pneumothorax pulmonary bullae rhesus macaque |