A juxtarenal myelolipoma in a cottontop marmoset (Saguinus oedipus): A case report

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A myelolipoma was surgically removed from the abdomen of a 15‐year‐old female cottontop marmoset (Saguinus oedipus). Because of its close adherence to the right kidney, a unilateral nephrectomy was performed. The post‐surgical recovery was uneventful. A myelolipoma is a circumscribed mass of bone marrow elements embedded in mature adipose tissue. These masses have been reported in the adrenal glands, paravertebral tissue, intrathoracic tissues, and mesentery of man. A similar condition has been observed in the liver and spleen of both captive and wild felidae. This report documents the first observation of this tumor‐like condition in nonhuman primates with the possible exception of a subcutaneous myeloliposarcoma in a potto.

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