Hepatocellular carcinoma in a free-living marmoset (Callithrix sp.) with concomitant biliary trematodiasis.
Josué Díaz-DelgadoT C SanchesC Dos Santos-CirqueiraA A C CoimbraJ M GuerraA JoppertC Di LorettoM B RizardiM SansoneF O NagamoriP S GonçalvesR RessioS IgleziasN C C A FernandesC KanamuraK R GrochJ L Catão-DiasPublished in: Journal of medical primatology (2017)
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rare in New World primates. We report the gross, microscopical, and immunocytochemical features of a spontaneous HCC in a free-living marmoset (Callithrix sp.). Hepatitis B and C virus and aflatoxin immunohistochemistry were negative; however, concomitant intra- and extrahepatic biliary trematodiasis could have played a role.
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