Massive Endometriosis in Two Rhesus Monkeys

Saegusa, Junzo; Tanioka, Yoshikuni; Koizumi, Hideki

doi:10.1538/expanim1978.38.3_275

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“…The tortuous blood vessels in the gastrocolic omentum resembled the spiral arteries in the human and simian endometrium 2 . The morphological structures in the present case were similar to those of reported endometriosis in rhesus monkeys [3][4][5] , and this case was, therefore, diagnosed as endometriosis.…”

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Endometriosis in a Rhesus Monkey.

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Spontaneous endometriosis was found in a 15-year-old female rhesus monkey. Macroscopically, there was thickening of the intestinal wall, mesenterium, and the gastrocolic omentum. Sporadic nodules were noted in the serosa of the jejunum and ileum. Histopathologically, a large number of glandular tubules along with massive connective tissue was observed in the serosa and subserosa. The glandular tubules were covered with mono-or multilayered epithelial cells with ciliary structures protruding into the glandular lumen. The connective tissue was composed of mesh-like fiber, fibroblast-like cells, and tortuous blood vessels. The glandular tubules and the connective tissue were similar to the glands and interstitial tissue in the endometrium. (J Toxicol Pathol 2001; 14: 313-315)

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“…This condition is thought to be due to retrograde flow of endometrial tissue during menstruation and is seen most commonly on the peritoneal and pelvic serosal surfaces via direct implantation. One report has described metastatic lesions in lymph nodes in addition to foci on the serosal wall of pelvic organs, and invasion of the mucosal layer of the intestine (Saegusa et al, 1989). It has been hypothesized, from these observations, that endometriosis behaves similar to a malignant neoplasm.…”

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