Differential diagnosis of rib lesions
A case study from middle woodland southern Ontario Circa 230 A.D
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8317993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J E Molto (0000-0002-1169-586X), Jose Moltó (0000-0003-4564-1963, Lakehead University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 439-447 |
| Publication date | 1990-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330830405 |
| PMID | 2275481 |
| OpenAlex | W2080792831 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 15 |
The right ribs of an adult male (#18) from the LeVesconte Burial Mound in southern Ontario show extensive osteolytic and/or osteoblastic lesions, some with bone thickening, interpreted herein as evidence of a chronic actinomycotic infection. In the alveolus, the presence of periapical abscesses and periodonitis with secondary inflammation may be associated with the pathogenesis of this bacterial disease by providing the normally commensurate Actinomyces israelii with the necessary conditions for their reproduction. This presumptive diagnosis, if correct, appears to represent the first case of actinomycosis in human palaeopathology. Recent literature reviews suggest that actinomycosis was not uncommon in preantibiotic populations, and that it has a high predilection for bone. Though actinomycosis can be associated with any subsistence strategy, such as, in this case, hunting and gathering, hypothetically it is most likely to occur in agricultural populations where general disease stress and age‐adjusted dental pathology are highest. It is argued that in the differential diagnosis of archaeological specimens, as much attention should be given to the documentation of the natural range of variation of lesions produced by less well‐known diseases, such as actinomycosis, since the disease ecology of pre‐western populations differed significantly from our own
Actinomyces · Actinomyces israelii · Actinomycosis · Biology · Differential diagnosis · Disease · Paleopathology · Pathology · Woodland · Actinomycetales infections and treatment · Ecology · Medicine · Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology · Paleontology · Sinusitis and nasal conditions
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2021 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |