An ovarian teratoma of late Roman age

作者:Armentano Nuria*; Subirana Merce; Isidro Albert; Escala Oscar; Malgosae Assumpcio
来源:International Journal of Paleopathology, 2012, 2(4): 236-239.
DOI:10.1016/j.ijpp.2012.11.003

摘要

We report here a very unusual pelvic calcification recovered from the remains of a 30-40-year-old woman found at the late Roman period archeological site of La Fogonussa (Lleida, Catalonia). Although differential diagnoses for calcifications of the pelvis are complicated in archeological contexts, the precise localization, macroscopic features, and the presence of teeth along with part of a small bone led us to identify this case as an ovarian teratoma, based upon gross observations and computerized tomography (CT).