Paleodermatology: Dermatoscopic findings of "Niño del Plomo" an Incan mummy in Chile

Verónica Catalán; Mario Castro; Raúl Cabrera; Verónica Silva-Pinto; Alex Castro; Cristóbal Lecaros

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.10.009

Paleodermatology: Dermatoscopic findings of "Niño del Plomo" an Incan mummy in Chile

JAAD Case Rep. 2023 Oct 29:42:74-77. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2023.10.009. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Authors

Verónica Catalán^{1

2}, Mario Castro^{3

4}, Raúl Cabrera¹, Verónica Silva-Pinto^{3

5}, Alex Castro⁶, Cristóbal Lecaros⁷

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
² Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
³ National Museum of Natural History, Santiago, Chile.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Morphology, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
⁵ Doctoral Programme in Mediterranean Geography and History from Prehistory and Modern Age, Early Modern History Department, Faculty of History and Geography, Universitat de València, València, Spain.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
⁷ Dermatology Residency Program, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.

No abstract available

Keywords: Beau’s lines; Chile; Inca civilization; acral external pigmentation; archeology; dermatoscopy; lices; mummy; skin biology; subungual hematoma.

Publication types

Case Reports