%0 Case Reports
%T Mucinous cystadenoma in the lung of a captive-born moustached tamarin (Saguinus mystax).
%A Michaud CR
%A Ragland DR
%A St Claire MC
%A Elkins WR
%A Gozalo AS
%J J Comp Pathol
%V 149
%N 2
%D Aug-Oct 2013
%M 23356933
%F 1.083
%R 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.12.001
%X A 2-year-old, captive-born, male moustached tamarin was subjected to necropsy examination after a fatal head trauma. A solitary, circumscribed, subpleural mass (0.6 cm diameter) was found in the right caudal lung lobe. The mass was diagnosed as a mucinous cystadenoma. Histochemical and immunohistochemical tests were performed to further characterize the tumour. Surfactant proteins A, B, C and D were not found in the neoplastic cells, suggesting that the tumour arose from a non-surfactant-producing alveolar lining cell. Pulmonary mucinous cystadenomas are uncommon benign tumours in man and have not been reported previously in animals.