Doctors found cancer in Egyptian mummy 2,000 years after death
Hoping to find out what caused the death of a resident of ancient Egypt two thousand years ago, doctors at Kraus Hospital performed a CT scan. The mummy was kept in the Cazenovia Public Library, New York, USA.
After scanning the entire body of the mummy, doctors found that the man had a malignant tumor on his leg during his lifetime. It is unclear whether the tumor was the cause of death, but the discovery itself was a significant moment for the study of the disease, which humanity still cannot get rid of.
"The tumor is located on the tibia," said Dr. Mark Levinsohn. — On external examination, the neoplasm has all the signs of a malignant tumor, and this is a fairly rare phenomenon."
Keywords: Archaeology | Diagnosis | Egypt | Mummy | Oncology | Cancer