A Systematic Approach to the Application of Soft Tissue Histopathology in Paleopathology

Figure 2

Liver tissue from the (natural) crypt mummy 12 (36 yrs.). Despite significant diagnosis here again the liver structure is retained by the presence of portal fields. In the center a nodular formation indicates the remnants of a tumor nodule (diagnosis: metastatic carcinoma) (original magnification ×100, H&E).