A medieval case of metastasizing carcinoma with multiple osteosclerotic bone lesions.
The skeleton of a mature male from the Middle Ages, excavated in Svendborg, Denmark, presented multiple osteosclerotic metastases probably of a carcinoma of the prostate gland. This diagnosis is based on radiographic and histological studies. Coexisting gross changes of the spine are identified as vertebral osteophytosis.
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010026:Osteosclerosis / Q000473:pathology*; D010164:Paleopathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000473:pathology*