Three-millennium antiquity of the lithokelyphos variety of lithopedion

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1993 Jul;169(1):140-1. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(93)90148-c.

Authors

B M Rothschild¹, C Rothschild, L C Bement

Affiliation

¹ Arthritis Center of Northeast Ohio, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, Youngstown 44512.

PMID: 8333440
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(93)90148-c

Abstract

Identification of a 3100-year-old lithopedion in the Archaic Southwest antedates its first clinical notation by 2100 years. It was only the "autopsy" of time (excavation of the site) that allowed its presence to be brought to light.

Publication types

Historical Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Calcinosis / history*
Female
Fetal Diseases / history*
History, Ancient
Humans
Paleopathology*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Ectopic / complications
Pregnancy, Ectopic / history*
United States