A case of cholesteatoma in a medieval Hispano-Mudejar population (13th-14th centuries AD)

The case presented includes a left temporal bone from an individual exhumed from the Hispano-Mudejar necropolis in Uceda (Guadalajara, Spain) dated between the 13th and 14th centuries BC. External examination and computed tomography images show lesions in the external acoustic canal, in the form of...

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Autores: Dorado Fernández, Enrique, Herrerín López, Jesús, Ramírez González, Ildefonso, Parro, Loreto, Carrillo Rodríguez, Manuel Francisco|||0000-0002-0005-9235, Murillo González, Jorge Alfonso
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/60241
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/60241
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.3062
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Uceda
Bioarcheology
Cholesteatoma
Computed tomographic scan
Ear disease
Islamic necropolis
Paleopathology
Temporal bone
Medicina
Medicine
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Sumario:The case presented includes a left temporal bone from an individual exhumed from the Hispano-Mudejar necropolis in Uceda (Guadalajara, Spain) dated between the 13th and 14th centuries BC. External examination and computed tomography images show lesions in the external acoustic canal, in the form of diffuse widening, suggestive of a cholesteatoma originating in this canal, with invasion of the middle ear through the tympanic membrane. The difficulties with examining the internal elements of the ear are discussed, which causes the underestimation of these diseases in paleopathology studies.