Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-10-1-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/pb-10-1-2023
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12 May 2023
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Multiple adenomas of the thyroid gland in an African green monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops)

Roland Plesker and Kernt Köhler

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To our knowledge, this report represents the first description of thyroid gland tumors in an African Green Monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops). Two cystadenomas as well as a solid follicular adenoma are described in a 27-year-old female. No indications of excessive hormone production due to the tumors were detected.
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