Did Mozart have a chronic extradural haematoma?
When Mozart died at the age of 36, was he suffering from the belated complications of a calcified extradural haematoma? This theory took shape during the identification process of the skull owned by the Mozarteum, when the print of calcified extradural haematoma was discovered on the left inner temporoparietal calvarial surface of the skull. This print looks like a rosette, with three distinct concentric areas. The first outer area is striated, the second middle one is granular and scattered with bony deposits, the third central one is marked with vascular grooves.
Puech
B
B
Hôpital Régional de Lille, France.
Puech
P F
PF
Dhellemmes
P
P
Pellerin
P
P
Lepoutre
F
F
Tichy
G
G
D000328:Adult; D001317:Austria; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005197:Famous Persons; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music / Q000266:history*; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology