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ArticleDermatology reports2024

A case of Kennedy terminal ulcer in a 17th-century Italian mummy.

Mirko Traversari, Luca Ventura, Aleksander Sebastian Iwaszczonek, Elisabetta Cilli, Marco Longoni, Gianandrea Pasquinelli, Giancarlo Troncone, Arturo Brunetti, Davide Melandri, Claudio Bellevicine

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Mirko TraversariDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna.
Luca VenturaDivision of Pathology, San Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila.
Aleksander Sebastian IwaszczonekRegular Theatine Clerics, Basilica of San Paolo Maggiore, Naples.
Elisabetta CilliDepartment of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna.
Marco LongoniNeurology Operative Unit, Bufalini Cesena City Hospital and Morgagni Pierantoni Forlì City Hospital, AUSL della Romagna.
Gianandrea PasquinelliDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna.
Giancarlo TronconeDepartment of Public Health, University "Federico II", Naples.
Arturo BrunettiDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University "Federico II", Naples.
Davide MelandriDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna.
Claudio BellevicineDepartment of Public Health, University "Federico II", Naples.

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Giacomo Torno was born in 1539 (or 1541) in Naples. At the age of 18 he joined the Clerics Regular Theatines in San Paolo Maggiore and was welcomed on 30 October 1558. He suffered a stroke on 4 December 1608 and died 45 days later. Contemporary sources report that he appeared to be tormented by the devil during his illness, suffering from constant spasms in his arm, which caused him great discomfort. During the analysis of his mummified body, a discontinuity of the skin surface at the level of the sacrum was discovered. All morphological features indicate a wound that developed during the subject's life. Based on historical sources, the fracture of the first coccygeal vertebra, the appearance of the lesion near death, and the shape of the lesion, suggest that this is the first recorded instance of the Kennedy terminal ulcer, identified through both direct and indirect sources.

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Kennedy terminal ulcerKTUpaleopathology

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