@article {161901, title = {Diagnosis by consensus: A case study in the importance of interdisciplinary interpretation of mummified remains.}, journal = {International journal of paleopathology}, volume = {24}, year = {2019}, month = {2018 Oct 30}, pages = {144-153}, abstract = {

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study is to demonstrate the need for interdisciplinary consensus and inclusion of mummy radiology specialists in analyses of mummified remains.

MATERIALS: This study uses paleoimaging data for an ancient Egyptian mummy at the Museum of Human Anatomy "Filippo Civinini".

METHODS: This study demonstrates the benefit of evaluation of mummified remains in a multi-disciplinary interpretive team.

RESULTS: The authors propose a diagnosis of DISH, additional signs of undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy, and lumbarisation of S1.

CONCLUSIONS: The process of diagnosis by consensus is essential to the analysis of mummified remains, which are complexly altered through natural and anthropogenic processes in the millennia subsequent to the individual{\textquoteright}s death.

SIGNIFICANCE: Mummy paleoimaging and paleopathology lacks a unifying set of standards. We present an example of the value to be found in the multi-disciplinary diagnosis by consensus approach.

LIMITATIONS: We discuss numerous challenges to accurate and meaningful interpretation that radiography of mummified remains pose.

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH: While the authors do not seek to impose any single set of standards, we do recommend a larger discussion on the topic of (culture-specific) standardisation in mummy paleoimaging and paleopathology. We further recommend the development of an international, multi-disciplinary panel of paleoimaging interpreters.

}, issn = {1879-9825}, doi = {10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.10.007}, author = {Andrew D Wade and Ronald Beckett and Gerald Conlogue and Greg Garvin and Sahar Saleem and Gianfranco Natale and Davide Caramella and Andrew Nelson} }