Colleter Rozenn, Dedouit Fabrice, Duchesne Sylvie, Gérard Patrice, Dercle Laurent, Poilpré Pierre, Gendrot Véronique, Rousseau Hervé, Crubézy Éric, Telmon Norbert, Mokrane Fatima-Zohra
INRAP National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP, France), 37 rue du Bignon, CS 67737, 35577, Cesson-Sévigné, France.
AMIS Laboratory: University of Toulouse, French National Center for Scientific Research, UMR 5288, 37 allées Jules Guesde, 31073, Toulouse, France.
Int J Legal Med. 2018 Sep;132(5):1405-1413. doi: 10.1007/s00414-018-1830-8. Epub 2018 Mar 28.
A lead coffin was fortuitously discovered in a church called "Eglise des Toussaints" in Rennes (French Brittany). A collaborative taskforce investigated this extraordinary discovery. A multi-disciplinary team of experts from the National Institute for Preventive Archeological Research (INRAP) and Rangueil University Hospital of Toulouse was created, including anthropologists, archeologists, forensic pathologists, radiologists, and pathologists. The inscription on the lead coffin specified that the body belonged to "Messer Louys de Bruslon, Lord of Plessis," a nobleman who died on November 1, 1661. Multiple holes were visible in the lead coffin, and deterioration threatened the mummy. We opened the lead coffin and discovered an excellently preserved mummy, except for mostly skeletonized upper and lower limbs. The mummy was conserved in several layers of shrouds. Vegetal embalming material covered the head and filled the face, the thorax, and the abdomen. The embalmers had removed all thoracic and abdominal organs and conserved some pelvic organs (e.g., the bladder).
Multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) scanner evaluated the mummy, at each step of our analysis. The excellent preservation of abdominal vascular axes led us to perform a CT angiography using Angiofil®, an oily contrast agent developed for postmortem imaging, before an autopsy.
Sub-diaphragmatic arteries, including the abdominal aorta and iliac arteries, were excellently preserved. The vascular contrast agent filled all arteries. The native CT, CT angiography, and autopsy did not detect any vascular lesion.
Our study, based on rare archeological material, allowed a complete examination of an excellently preserved seventeenth-century mummy, using MSCT, angiography, and an autopsy. We did not detect any arterial lesion and proposed a comprehensive description of the embalmment process.
在雷恩（法国布列塔尼）一座名为“圣徒教堂”的教堂里偶然发现了一口铅棺。一个协作特别工作组对这一非凡发现展开了调查。由国家预防性考古研究所（INRAP）和图卢兹朗盖伊大学医院的专家组成了一个多学科团队，成员包括人类学家、考古学家、法医病理学家、放射科医生和病理学家。铅棺上的铭文表明，遗体属于“普莱西领主梅西尔·路易·德·布鲁斯隆”，这位贵族于1661年11月1日去世。铅棺上可见多个洞，木乃伊面临损坏的威胁。我们打开了铅棺，发现了一具保存极为完好的木乃伊，只是上下肢大多只剩骨架。木乃伊被多层裹尸布包裹着。植物防腐材料覆盖着头面部、填充了面部、胸部和腹部。防腐人员摘除了所有胸腹部器官，保留了一些盆腔器官（如膀胱）。
在我们分析的每个步骤中，多层螺旋计算机断层扫描（MSCT）扫描仪对木乃伊进行评估。腹部血管轴保存完好，这使我们在尸检前使用为尸检成像开发的油性造影剂Angiofil®进行了CT血管造影。
膈下动脉，包括腹主动脉和髂动脉，保存极为完好。血管造影剂充盈了所有动脉。常规CT、CT血管造影和尸检均未发现任何血管病变。
我们的研究基于稀有的考古材料，通过MSCT、血管造影和尸检对一具保存极为完好的17世纪木乃伊进行了全面检查。我们未发现任何动脉病变，并对防腐过程进行了全面描述。
