title: Case of metastatic carcinoma from end of the 8th-early 9th century Slovakia.
abstract: The first case of metastatic carcinoma ever detected in Slovakia comes from a Slavonic cemetery at Borovce, in the district of Piest'any, which is dated from the end of the 8th to the middle of the 12th century AD. The disease afflicted a 50-60-year-old male, buried in a grave from the older phase of inhumation (8th-early 9th century AD). A number of osteolytic metastases were found in all bones of the skull and postcranial skeleton except for the forearms, hands, lower legs, and feet. They were studied macroscopically by standard X-rays, and by scanning electron microscopy and laser scanning confocal microscopy. Analogous finds from Central European countries were also obtained. They are discussed in relation to their chronology, which shows a tendency of increasing occurrence culminating in the Middle Ages. Some demographic and paleopathological characteristics of the burials in the Borovce cemetery are also provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Museum of Natural Sciences, Slovak National Museum, Vajanského nábr. 2, 81436 Bratislava, Slovakia. antropo@snm.sk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sefcáková
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Strouhal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nĕmecková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thurzo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stassíková-Stukovská
mesh_terms: D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012863:Skeleton; D018154:Slovakia