Goiter in an eighteenth-century Sicilian mummy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8311455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosalba Ciranni (University of Pisa, corresponding author), Maura Castagna (0000-0002-7362-0097, University of Pisa), G Fornaciari (0000-0002-1334-1707, University of Pisa) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 427-432 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199904)108:4<427::aid-ajpa4>3.0.co;2-7 |
| PMID | 10229387 |
| OpenAlex | W1995071376 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
Goiter is still a frequent pathological condition of the thyroid gland. Goiter consists of an enlargement of the gland caused by several physiopathologic events, the most important of which is deficient intake of iodine. A series of eighteenth-century mummies housed in the church of Santa Maria della Grazia in Comiso includes one individual showing a pathological condition, with a very large swelling in the antero-inferior region of the neck. X-rays showed small scattered radiopaque foci. Routine histology showed a large number of circular follicles immersed in fibrous tissue. Finally, immunohistochemistry revealed a strong reactivity for thyroglobulin. The data confirmed the nature of the tissue as thyroid, and the macroscopic diagnosis is that of thyroid goiter.
Goiter · Immunohistochemistry · Pathological · Pathology · Thyroglobulin · Thyroid · Anatomy · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Restraint-Related Deaths · Histology
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |