title: Metastasizing carcinoma in a medieval skeleton: differential diagnosis and etiology.
abstract: The paper describes the skeleton of an aged adult male from the Middle Ages who most probably suffered from a bronchogenetic carcinoma. The differential diagnosis is based on macroscopic and microscopic examination, X-ray studies, and trace element analysis. Hypothesis for the etiology of the disease are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anthropologie der Universität Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grupe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history* / Q000556:secondary; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history / Q000556:secondary; D005580:Fossils; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D010163:Paleontology