Gino Fornaciari1, Valentina Giuffra. 1. Division of Paleopathology, History of Medicine and Bioethics, Department of Oncology, Transplants and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. gino.fornaciari@med.unipi.it
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To perform a review of soft tissue tumors in palaeopathology. METHODS: Examination of palaeopathological literature. RESULTS: Up to now, observations of neoplastic soft tissue lesions in mummified remains are limited to 15 cases, and only 4 of them present malignancies; 14 cases of calcified benign tumors, including 13 neoplasms of the female reproductive system and 1 teratoma, are also documented. CONCLUSIONS: The main reasons for the rarity of soft tissue tumors in palaeopathology, especially of malignancies, are apparently the short life span of past populations, the scarcity of mummified remains available in comparison with skeletal remains, and technical difficulties in the detection of neoplastic lesions in mummified tissues.
OBJECTIVE: To perform a review of soft tissue tumors in palaeopathology. METHODS: Examination of palaeopathological literature. RESULTS: Up to now, observations of neoplastic soft tissue lesions in mummified remains are limited to 15 cases, and only 4 of them present malignancies; 14 cases of calcified benign tumors, including 13 neoplasms of the female reproductive system and 1 teratoma, are also documented. CONCLUSIONS: The main reasons for the rarity of soft tissue tumors in palaeopathology, especially of malignancies, are apparently the short life span of past populations, the scarcity of mummified remains available in comparison with skeletal remains, and technical difficulties in the detection of neoplastic lesions in mummified tissues.
Authors: Michal Feldman; Israel Hershkovitz; Ella H Sklan; Gila Kahila Bar-Gal; Ildikó Pap; Ildikó Szikossy; Rina Rosin-Arbesfeld Journal: PLoS One Date: 2016-02-10 Impact factor: 3.240
Authors: Barbara Kwiatkowska; Agata Bisiecka; Łukasz Pawelec; Agnieszka Witek; Joanna Witan; Dariusz Nowakowski; Paweł Konczewski; Radosław Biel; Katarzyna Król; Katarzyna Martewicz; Petr Lissek; Pavel Vařeka; Anna Lipowicz Journal: PLoS One Date: 2021-07-02 Impact factor: 3.240