Potential case of gynecomastia in mummified remains of an early modern period Northern Finnish vicar

Abstract We report possibly the oldest evidence of gynecomastia in mummified human remains. Computed tomography was performed on the mummified remains of an early 17th century Northern Finnish vicar. The examination of the scans revealed large bilateral subareolar irregular masses resembling female...

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Main Authors: Väre, T. (Tiina), Galassi, F. M. (Francesco M.), Niinimäki, J. (Jaakko), Junno, J.-A. (Juho-Antti)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: John Wiley & Sons 2018
Subjects:
Early Modernity
Gynecomastia
Mummified remains
Northern Finland
Radiology
anatomy
archaeology
paleontology
Online Access:http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2018103046874
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spelling ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2018103046874 2023-07-30T04:05:49+02:00 Potential case of gynecomastia in mummified remains of an early modern period Northern Finnish vicar Väre, T. (Tiina) Galassi, F. M. (Francesco M.) Niinimäki, J. (Jaakko) Junno, J.-A. (Juho-Antti) 2018 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2018103046874 eng eng John Wiley & Sons info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Väre, T. , Galassi, F. M., Niinimäki, J. and Junno, J. (2018), Potential case of gynecomastia in mummified remains of an early modern period northern finnish vicar. Clin. Anat., 31: 641-644. doi:10.1002/ca.23187, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23187. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Early Modernity Gynecomastia Mummified remains Northern Finland Radiology anatomy archaeology paleontology info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2018 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T19:59:56Z Abstract We report possibly the oldest evidence of gynecomastia in mummified human remains. Computed tomography was performed on the mummified remains of an early 17th century Northern Finnish vicar. The examination of the scans revealed large bilateral subareolar irregular masses resembling female mammary glands. The nearly septuagenarian vicar appears to have had gynecomastia, as it is a common condition in elderly men, and is sometimes associated with obesity. Gynecomastia is the most likely explanation for these findings. Clin. Anat. 31:641–644, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Jultika - University of Oulu repository
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topic Early Modernity
Gynecomastia
Mummified remains
Northern Finland
Radiology
anatomy
archaeology
paleontology
spellingShingle Early Modernity
Gynecomastia
Mummified remains
Northern Finland
Radiology
anatomy
archaeology
paleontology
Väre, T. (Tiina)
Galassi, F. M. (Francesco M.)
Niinimäki, J. (Jaakko)
Junno, J.-A. (Juho-Antti)
Potential case of gynecomastia in mummified remains of an early modern period Northern Finnish vicar
topic_facet Early Modernity
Gynecomastia
Mummified remains
Northern Finland
Radiology
anatomy
archaeology
paleontology
description Abstract We report possibly the oldest evidence of gynecomastia in mummified human remains. Computed tomography was performed on the mummified remains of an early 17th century Northern Finnish vicar. The examination of the scans revealed large bilateral subareolar irregular masses resembling female mammary glands. The nearly septuagenarian vicar appears to have had gynecomastia, as it is a common condition in elderly men, and is sometimes associated with obesity. Gynecomastia is the most likely explanation for these findings. Clin. Anat. 31:641–644, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Väre, T. (Tiina)
Galassi, F. M. (Francesco M.)
Niinimäki, J. (Jaakko)
Junno, J.-A. (Juho-Antti)
author_facet Väre, T. (Tiina)
Galassi, F. M. (Francesco M.)
Niinimäki, J. (Jaakko)
Junno, J.-A. (Juho-Antti)
author_sort Väre, T. (Tiina)
title Potential case of gynecomastia in mummified remains of an early modern period Northern Finnish vicar
title_short Potential case of gynecomastia in mummified remains of an early modern period Northern Finnish vicar
title_full Potential case of gynecomastia in mummified remains of an early modern period Northern Finnish vicar
title_fullStr Potential case of gynecomastia in mummified remains of an early modern period Northern Finnish vicar
title_full_unstemmed Potential case of gynecomastia in mummified remains of an early modern period Northern Finnish vicar
title_sort potential case of gynecomastia in mummified remains of an early modern period northern finnish vicar
publisher John Wiley & Sons
publishDate 2018
url http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2018103046874
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© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Väre, T. , Galassi, F. M., Niinimäki, J. and Junno, J. (2018), Potential case of gynecomastia in mummified remains of an early modern period northern finnish vicar. Clin. Anat., 31: 641-644. doi:10.1002/ca.23187, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23187. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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