A case of congenital syphilis during the colonial period in Mexico City

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8319364
AutoresJosefina Mansilla, Josefina Mansilla Lory (0000-0002-1581-6462, National Institute of Anthropology and History, autor de correspondencia), Carmen Pijoan (National Institute of Anthropology and History), Carmen M Pijoan
Año1995
Volumen97
Número2
Páginas187-195
Fecha de publicación1995-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330970208
PMID7653507
OpenAlexW2019353580
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas12

Congenital syphilis has been diagnosed very seldom in ancient populations. The case that we examined comes from San Jeronimo's Church (17th and 18th centuries AD; Mexico City). Coffin 43 contained an incomplete skeleton of an approximately 2‐year‐old infant. The pathological lesions of this skeleton include bilateral osteochondritis, diaphyseal osteomyelitis, and osteitis and/or periostitis on the long bones. The radiographic appearance depicts symmetrical osteomyelitic foci, particularly at the proximal extremity of both tibiae (Wimberger's sign). The skull exhibits hydroceph‐aly and periosteal changes on the vault, and the unerupted upper incisors evince dental hypoplasia and other pathological alterations reminiscent of Hutchinson's incisors. All these features strongly suggest a case of early Congenital syphilis. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

Congenital syphilis · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Osteomyelitis · Paleopathology · Pathology · Periostitis · Sexually transmitted disease · Syphilis · Treponematosis · dental development and anomalies · Dermatology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Surgery · Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment · Virology