Osteoma
Palaeopathology and phylogeny
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12370918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luigi Capasso (0000-0002-7120-9624, National Archaeological Museum, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 615-620 |
| Publication date | 1997-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199711/12)7:6<615::aid-oa370>3.0.co;2-1 |
| OpenAlex | W2171261430 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
Osteoma is a poorly understood benign bone tumour, the truly neoplastic origin of which has been debated by several authors. Some scientists underline its relationship with hyperostosis. Other authors deny the existence of osteoma as an autonomous nosographic entity. Cranial osteoma, single or multiple, is frequently found in ancient human bones from archaeological excavations. To clarify the true nature of this pathologic osseous neoformation, the author examines the occurrence of osteomata in other extant vertebrates. Comparative pathology shows that it is particularly frequent in fishes. Palaeopathological examination of fossil animals documents the great antiquity of this pathology: in fact osteoma was demonstrated on the body of a cervical vertebra from a Cretaceous mosasaur. The author found evidence of osteomata in many fossil fishes of the Miocene and the Pliocene, and also in some mammal remains. Histologic and radiographic analyses demonstrate the presence of common morphologic characteristics in the lesions in different species and different time period. In conclusion, the study shows that human osteomata (mainly cranial) have a long history and are a pathology found in many other vertebrates. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Biology · Evolutionary biology · Extant taxon · Osteoma · Paleopathology · Pathology · Skull · Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments · Fish Biology and Ecology Studies · Fish Ecology and Management Studies · Medicine · Anatomy
Osteoma of the zygomatic bone from 16th century Sardinia (Italy) in the framework of a paleoepidemiological study
A case of benign osteogenic tumour in Homo naledi
Variation in large ectocranial lesions from pre-Columbian Kuelap, Peru
Frontal sinus osteoma in a 16th century skeleton from Zagreb, Croatia
Possible notochordal chordoma in a fossil fish from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon
Differential diagnosis of an osseous cranial tumor from Hellenistic Muğla, Turkey
Multiple osteomata from medieval Tuscany, Italy (ca. 10th–12th AD)
What’s that big thing on your head? Diagnosis of a large frontoparietal lesion on an Eastern Zhou skull from Henan, China
Using microscopy to improve a diagnosis
Benign mandibular tumours
Differential diagnosis and discussion of a large nasal neoplasm from a late Bronze Age Athenian male
A palaeoepidemiological investigation of osteomata, with reference to medieval Poland
An Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains from two Middle Bronze Age Tombs from Jericho
Skeletal evidence for the emergence of infectious disease in bronze and iron age northern Vietnam
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |