Resumo
 A domestic chinchilla Chinchilla lanÃgera) came to death at the Veterinary Hospital of University of Santo Amaro and was referred to Patology Animal service, which conducted the necropsy and was visualized adrenal bilateral hyperplasia. On histopathologic examination, it was found metaplasia of fat cells.
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