International journal of paleopathology · 2022
Unusual teeth in unusual places: Criteria for identifying teratomatous dental elements in archeological contexts.
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Foley Allison J, Ragsdale Bruce D
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the dental elements (i.e., teeth and incomplete tooth-like structures) formed by mature cystic teratomas and provide some diagnostic criteria to aid in their paleopathological identification and analysis.
MATERIALS: Hard tissue structures from 13 clinically-derived mature cystic teratomas excised between 2003 and 2007. All are from female patients (N = 13) between the ages of 17 and 56.
METHODS: A dental and osteological inventory identified number of teeth and tooth types present in each specimen.
RESULTS: Of the 13 specimens, nine contained dental elements. The number per teratoma ranged from one to seven. A wide variety of tooth types were present in the teratomas with some teeth independent of, and others embedded within, bony matrices.
CONCLUSIONS: While some teratoma teeth exhibit distinguishable types and laterality, the majority will exhibit some degree of abnormality in size, form, developmental completion, or association with other irregular bony elements.
SIGNIFICANCE: Give the modern clinical prevalence and yet relatively few paleopathological cases reported, it is likely that mature teratomas are under-identified in the archeological record. The diagnostic criteria presented in this paper can aid paleopathologists in their identification and analysis of these neoplasms.
LIMITATIONS: Precise paleopathological identification of teratoma elements can be difficult; particularly when they are no longer constrained or contextualized by unmineralized neoplastic borders. As such, there is a risk that such remnants may be mistaken for fetal parts or disassociated elements.
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH: Application of these criteria, paired with careful excavation techniques, is advised.
MATERIALS: Hard tissue structures from 13 clinically-derived mature cystic teratomas excised between 2003 and 2007. All are from female patients (N = 13) between the ages of 17 and 56.
METHODS: A dental and osteological inventory identified number of teeth and tooth types present in each specimen.
RESULTS: Of the 13 specimens, nine contained dental elements. The number per teratoma ranged from one to seven. A wide variety of tooth types were present in the teratomas with some teeth independent of, and others embedded within, bony matrices.
CONCLUSIONS: While some teratoma teeth exhibit distinguishable types and laterality, the majority will exhibit some degree of abnormality in size, form, developmental completion, or association with other irregular bony elements.
SIGNIFICANCE: Give the modern clinical prevalence and yet relatively few paleopathological cases reported, it is likely that mature teratomas are under-identified in the archeological record. The diagnostic criteria presented in this paper can aid paleopathologists in their identification and analysis of these neoplasms.
LIMITATIONS: Precise paleopathological identification of teratoma elements can be difficult; particularly when they are no longer constrained or contextualized by unmineralized neoplastic borders. As such, there is a risk that such remnants may be mistaken for fetal parts or disassociated elements.
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH: Application of these criteria, paired with careful excavation techniques, is advised.