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The possibility of diagnosing meningiomas in palaeopathology
Author(s) -
Campillo Domingo
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/oa.1390010315
Subject(s) - paleopathology , medicine , radiography , margin (machine learning) , pathology , anatomy , radiology , machine learning , computer science
After a study of approximately 3,000 ancient skulls, from the Neolithic period to the Late Middle Ages, the presence of five lesions suspected of having corresponded to a mening oma during life were detected. The study is comparative with the current clinical picture of these lesions, with regard to their morphological as well as to their radiographic aspect. We consider that the situation of the lesions, the macroscopic appearance of the osteogenic or osteoloytic alterations, associated vascular grooves, age and sex is sufficient to diagnose these tumours with a small margin of error.