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A case of active incomplete biliary cirrhosis in an aged female Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata).

Bokyeong RyuKyung-Yeon EoJa-Jun JangC-Yoon KimJi Min LeeHanseul OhUkjin KimJin KimHyun-Ho LeeYoung-Mok JungJae-Hak Park
Published in: Journal of medical primatology (2018)
We describe the first case of biliary cirrhosis in Japanese macaque. Clinical signs had not been detected. The liver was nodular. Histopathologically, portal-to-portal pattern of fibrosis might have indicated chronic cholestasis. Fibrotic septa were infiltrated with inflammatory cells. Therefore, this case could be diagnosed as active incomplete biliary cirrhosis.
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