An imaging scan of a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy revealed a
diagnosis doctors had been trying to pinpoint for more than a decade:
cancer. Doctors recently subjected the mummified body of a man nicknamed
“Hen” to a full computed tomography scan at the Crouse Hospital in
Syracuse, New York, according to technology information site
Boy Genius Report.
“He had a tumor on his fibula, which is one of the two bones of the lower leg,” Dr. Mark Levinsohn of Crouse Hospital said in a
syracuse.com video.
"It had all the characteristics of a malignant tumor and one that’s
somewhat rare. So, here we have a rare circumstance and a rare tumor and
that evoked our interest a lot.”
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