Palaeopathological diagnosis after 2500 years. The case of Imakhetkherresnet, sister of priest Iufaa

Abstract

Thanks to histological examination cold be the macroscopically and radiologically established diagnosis of neurilemmoma ascertained clinically by comparison with a recent case.

Keywords

• Palaeopathology
• Sacrum
• Neurilemmoma
• Tomb of Iufaa
• 26th Dynasty (before 525 B.C.)
• Ancient Egypt