Un Posible Caso de Ocronosis ExógenaEstudio de una Cabeza Humana Momificada, ME 006

  1. Despina Moissidou 1
  2. Elena Labajo González 2
  3. Ángel González y Arema 2
  4. José Antonio Sánchez Sánchez 2
  5. Vasilios Gorgoulis 2
  6. Sophia Havaki 1
  7. María Benito Sánchez 2
  8. Bernardo Perea Pérez 2
  1. 1 National Kapodistrian University of Athens
  2. 2 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Book:
Paleopatología y bioarqueología: Contextualizando el registro óseo. Actas del XIII Congreso Nacional de Paleopatología, Écija (Sevilla) 1-4 octubre de 2015
  1. Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, Marta (ed. lit.)
  2. Escudero Carrillo, Javier (ed. lit.)
  3. López Flores, Inmaculada (ed. lit.)
  4. Lucena Romero, Joaquín (ed. lit.)
  5. Mora Rosa, Esther (ed. lit.)
  6. Robles Carrasco, Sonia (ed. lit.)

Publisher: Asociación Española de Paleopatología

ISBN: 978-84-697-6581-4

Year of publication: 2017

Pages: 111-120

Congress: Congreso Nacional de Paleopatología (13. 2015. Écija)

Type: Conference paper

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Abstract

A great collection of ancient human remains is actually on display in the Museo de Antropología Médica y Forense, Paleopatología y Criminalística. Among them, there is a mummified piece described as the beheaded head of a Guinean negress whose aspect was similar to leather. Reasonable doubts concerning the taxonomy arose and therefore a multidisciplinary study was carried out. It has been possible to ascertain her provenance from Egypt, and assign a date in the first half of the 18th Dynasty and to formulate a reasonable hypothesis for the diagnosis of a possible pathology. The macroscopic examination revealed lots of tiny nodules scattered on the face and the back of the neck (Fig. 1). Samples were extracted and sent to Athens for further histological and imnunohystochemical examination. In addition, Electron Microscopy was also performed. The primary results showed a chronic skin inflammation, while immunohistochemistry confirmed it. Comparison with contemporary tissue led to a possible diagnosis of exogenous ochronosis, a skin disorder caused by an extensive use of cosmetics used to light the skin.

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