International journal of paleopathology · 2020
Identifying sialoliths through SEM technology.
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González-Reimers Emilio, Frías-García Marcos, Arnay-de-la-Rosa Matilde
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: To define SEM characteristics that may aid identification of sialoliths.
MATERIALS: Two sialoliths from modern patients affected by sialadenitis.
METHODS: Samples were coated with silver and subjected to scanning electron microscopy using an energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy detector. Samples were then sectioned to permit study of the internal structure.
RESULTS: Sialoliths show an external smooth surface with no distinctive features. Internal structures consist of a distinctive aggregate of coarse granules of different sizes surrounded by a lamellar coat. Elemental composition consists of carbon, phosphate, calcium and oxygen, with traces of magnesium. The proportion of these elements differs between the core and the surface.
CONCLUSION: Although elemental composition is not specific, SEM analyses of sialoliths greatly differ from those of sesamoid bones, gallstones and nephroliths. Therefore, SEM analysis constitutes a useful tool for the precise identification of small calcified structures recovered during archaeological excavations.
SIGNIFICANCE: Precise identification of calcified structures may provide information about nutritional and/or pathological aspects of past individuals.
LIMITATIONS: Sialoliths are less common than other types of calcifications, and only two cases were analyzed in this study.
FUTURE PROSPECTS: SEM technology should be applied to identify the etiology of all minute calcified remains recovered during archaeological excavations of burial sites.
MATERIALS: Two sialoliths from modern patients affected by sialadenitis.
METHODS: Samples were coated with silver and subjected to scanning electron microscopy using an energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy detector. Samples were then sectioned to permit study of the internal structure.
RESULTS: Sialoliths show an external smooth surface with no distinctive features. Internal structures consist of a distinctive aggregate of coarse granules of different sizes surrounded by a lamellar coat. Elemental composition consists of carbon, phosphate, calcium and oxygen, with traces of magnesium. The proportion of these elements differs between the core and the surface.
CONCLUSION: Although elemental composition is not specific, SEM analyses of sialoliths greatly differ from those of sesamoid bones, gallstones and nephroliths. Therefore, SEM analysis constitutes a useful tool for the precise identification of small calcified structures recovered during archaeological excavations.
SIGNIFICANCE: Precise identification of calcified structures may provide information about nutritional and/or pathological aspects of past individuals.
LIMITATIONS: Sialoliths are less common than other types of calcifications, and only two cases were analyzed in this study.
FUTURE PROSPECTS: SEM technology should be applied to identify the etiology of all minute calcified remains recovered during archaeological excavations of burial sites.