Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nicklisch, Nicole
• Maier, Ferdinand
• Schulz, Georg
• Rossbach, Anne
• Pichler, Sandra L.
• Zeilhofer, Hans‐Florian
• Gutwald, Ralf
• Dresely, Veit
• Meller, Harald
• Baumhoer, Daniel
• Alt, Kurt W.

Titel

An osseous lesion in the maxillary sinus—Tumour or tumour‐like?

Ist Teil von

• International journal of osteoarchaeology, 2019-03, Vol.29 (2), p.183-190

Ort / Verlag

Chichester: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In the bioarchaeological analysis of burials from a medieval graveyard at Hettstedt, Central Germany, a male skeleton of about 40 to 50 years at death with an unusual bony structure in the left maxillary sinus was discovered. Macroscopic examination exhibited a balloon‐shaped osseous lesion with solid cortical surface 2.5 × 1.5 cm in size. Micro‐CT scans revealed trabecular structures around a central cavity. The margins of the osseous lesion were well defined without infiltration of normal maxillary bone tissue. The histopathological analysis showed the presence of lamellar and woven bone. The structure and localisation of the tumour‐like lesion suggest that the formation was the result of chronic inflammation and that chronic dental sinusitis seems to have triggered a large reactive ossification.