A possible case of melorheostosis from antiquity

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8317691
AutoresMarc A Kelley (Santa Cruz County Office of Education, autor correspondente), Karen Lytle (California State University, Sacramento)
Ano1995
Volume98
Fascículo3
Páginas369-374
Data de publicação1995-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330980309
PMID8572159
OpenAlexW2009865404
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas35

An unusual case of discontinuous hard tissue hyperostosis is described in a 25‐30–year‐old female dating between 4000 and 5500 BP from northern Chile. This specimen was one of 104 individuals examined from the Morro‐1 site, which is known to represent the Chinchorro culture. The only other reported case from antiquity dates to 500 AD (Lester [1969] J. Bone Joint Surg. [Am.] 49:142–143). A review and comparison of this case to the medical literature supports a diagnosis of melorheostosis. Differential diagnosis is presented with the ruling out of nonspecific manifestations of osteomyelitis/periostitis as the most likely alternative diagnosis. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

Differential diagnosis · Hyperostosis · Osteomyelitis · Paleopathology · Pathology · Periostitis · Anatomy · Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders · Hereditary Neurological Disorders · Heterotopic Ossification and Related Conditions · Medicine · Surgery