| gongylonema pulchrum infection and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a vari (lemur macaco variegata; kehr 1792). | this report describes the morphologic and histologic features of a case of esophageal gongylonema pulchrum infection and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a 17-yr-old, female vari (lemur macaco variegates). the lemur had lived in a german zoo and had a clinical history of dyspnea, vomiting, and anorexia. at necropsy, a whitish, soft, nodular, centrally necrotic mass was found in the caudal third of the esophagus. in addition, numerous intraepithelial nematodes (g. pulchrum) were observed in ... | 2005 | 17323583 |