Paleopathology Case 24

Adult male mummy from the Cabuza culture (Northern Chile about 450 AD). This picture shows the opened chest with the right lung exposed in more detail than the left. The autopsy findings included right ventricular dilatation and massive gastric dilatation.

Submitted by Dr. Authur C. Aufderheide

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Updated February 23, 2006