Kim Jong-Min, Han Sungyoung, Shin Jun-Seop, Min Byoung-Hoon, Jeong Won Young, Lee Ga Eul, Kim Min Sun, Kim Ju Eun, Chung Hyunwoo, Park Chung-Gyu
Xenotransplantation Research Center, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea.
Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea.
J Med Primatol. 2017 Oct;46(5):260-262. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12275. Epub 2017 May 18.
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).
