A Possible Case of Cherubism in a 17th-Century Korean Mummy (original) (raw)
Figure 15
Surface and chemical analysis of the maxillary sinus wall.
A. Surface and chemical analyses of bone section from the zygomaxillary area using ESEM. Backscattered electron image (left) - bright phases on the backscattered image composed, based on X-ray EDS spectra, of bony material (a = bone trabeculae), dull phases (b = cysts filled with partially calcified fibrous tissue), mainly of organic material. Noteworthy is the relatively high concentration of organic material within the bony trabeculae (right top) and the presence of calcite crystals coating some of the organic material (bottom right). “C” and “Y”-shaped trabeculae are clearly visible. B. SEM clearly showing that the “brownish” parts (a and b) are composed of bony trabeculae, whereas the “whitish” part (c and d) contains crystals admixed with organic material.