Sandison AT, 1955. The histological examination of mummified material. Stain Techn 30 :277–283.
Šlais J, 1970. The Morphology and Pathogenicity of the Bladder Worms: Cysticercus cellulosae and Cysticercus bovis. Prague: Academia, 29–75.
Munakata S, Hendricks JB, 1993. Effect of fixation time and microwave oven heating time on retrieval of the ki-67 antigen from paraffin embedded tissue. J Histochem Cytochem 41 :1241–1246.
Gonçalves MLC, Araújo A, Ferriera LF, 2003. Human intestinal parasites in the past: new findings and a review. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 98 :103–118.
Hart GD, Cockburn A, Millet NB, Scott JW, 1977. Editorial: autopsy of an Egyptian mummy. Can Med Assoc J 117 :461.
Liangbiao C, Tao H, 1981. Scanning electron microscopic view of parasites worm ova in an ancient corpse. Acta Acad Sinicae 3 :64–65.
Strouhal E, 1992. Life of the Ancient Egyptians. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 117.
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We describe here an ancient case of cysticercosis that was discovered in an Egyptian mummy of a young woman of about 20 years of age who lived in the late Ptolemaic period (second to first centuries b.c.). On removal of the stomach and its rehydration, a cystic lesion in the stomach wall was observed by naked eye. Microscopical examination of sections of this lesion revealed a cystic structure, with a wall, with numerous projecting eversions, a characteristic feature of the larval stage (cysticercus) of the human tapeworm Taenia solium (or “pig tapeworm”). Immunohistochemical testing with serum from a T. solium–infected human confirmed the identity of the cyst. This finding is the oldest on record of the antiquity of this zoonotic parasite. This observation also confirms that, in Hellenistic Egypt, the farming of swine, along with man an intermediate host of this parasite, was present, and supports other archeological evidence.
Sandison AT, 1955. The histological examination of mummified material. Stain Techn 30 :277–283.
Šlais J, 1970. The Morphology and Pathogenicity of the Bladder Worms: Cysticercus cellulosae and Cysticercus bovis. Prague: Academia, 29–75.
Munakata S, Hendricks JB, 1993. Effect of fixation time and microwave oven heating time on retrieval of the ki-67 antigen from paraffin embedded tissue. J Histochem Cytochem 41 :1241–1246.
Gonçalves MLC, Araújo A, Ferriera LF, 2003. Human intestinal parasites in the past: new findings and a review. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 98 :103–118.
Hart GD, Cockburn A, Millet NB, Scott JW, 1977. Editorial: autopsy of an Egyptian mummy. Can Med Assoc J 117 :461.
Liangbiao C, Tao H, 1981. Scanning electron microscopic view of parasites worm ova in an ancient corpse. Acta Acad Sinicae 3 :64–65.
Strouhal E, 1992. Life of the Ancient Egyptians. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 117.
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