Bone tumors in pre-modern skulls from human skeletal series of Joseon Dynasty.
10.5115/acb.2015.48.3.213
- Author:
Dong Hoon SHIN
1
;
Chang Seok OH
;
Yi Suk KIM
;
Yusu KIM
;
Seung Whan OH
;
Jun Bum PARK
;
In Sun LEE
;
Myeung Ju KIM
Author Information
1. Bioanthropology and Paleopathology Laboratory, Department of Anatomy, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Benign bone tumor;
Osteoma;
Paleopathology;
Joseon Dynasty;
Korea
- MeSH:
Asian Continental Ancestry Group;
Bone Neoplasms;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Humans*;
Korea;
Osteoma;
Paleopathology;
Skeleton;
Skull*;
Sutures
- From:Anatomy & Cell Biology
2015;48(3):213-217
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
To date, there are still very few reports on benign-tumor cases based on East Asian skeletal series, even though other regions and continents have been well represented. In our study on the Joseon Human Skeletal Series, we identified benign bone tumors in two skeletons (cases Nos. 75 and 96). Our radiological analyses showed both cases to be homogeneous sclerotic bone masses aligned with the cranial vault suture. In a subsequent series of differential diagnoses, we determined both cases to be osteoma, the most common bone-tumor type reported for archaeological samples. Our study is the osteoarchaeological basis for this, the first-ever report on benign bone neoplasm in a pre-modern East Asian population.
