Antik Dönemde Orbital Selülit: Cide/Türbetepe Tümülüsü'nden Bir Örnek
Orbital Cellulitis in Antiq Era: A Sample From Cide / Türbetepe Tumulus

Summary/Abstract: Paleopathology is the study of human remnants in ancient ages from the point of view of human health. The discipline of Paleopathology establishes a connection with the aspects of similarity and difference between the ancient era and present human communities from the point of view of human health problems. In this respect, we have discovered the orbital cellulites belonging to a woman’s skeleton in the excavation which conducted in the Türbeüstü Area, Cumhuriyet Square at the Cide sub-province situated in Kastamonu province. Orbital cellulite is defined as infection of orbital tissues. The existence of Orbital cellulite is derived from variety of reasons. In the case of garget and inflection in the orbits, it is based on trauma, the inflection of upper respiratory tract, paranasal sinusitis and dental inflection. We can find sinusitis in a few samples conducted by the paleopathologic research in Anatolia. It is important that orbital cellulites excavated from Cide Türbetepe Tumulus are the only one sample. Because it is the only sample found in a human skeleton.

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