A case of adult osteomyelitis in a Final Late Holocene hunter-gatherer population, eastern Pampa–Patagonian transition, Argentina

Osteomyelitis was frequent in prehistoric times, although its paleopathological recognition and analysis in skeletal remains is typically incomplete. Contrasting with osteomyelitis in children, in adults it is usually a subacute or chronic infection that develops secondary to an open injury. The aim...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel, Suby, Jorge Alejandro, Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo
Formato: Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
Materias:
Ostemyelitis
Pampa-Patagonia
Human remains
Late Holocene
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/29352
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/29352
Aporte de:
Suquía - Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR, CONICET y UNC) de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
id I10-R181-11336-29352
record_format dspace
institution Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
institution_str I-10
repository_str R-181
collection Suquía - Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR, CONICET y UNC)
language Inglés
topic Ostemyelitis
Pampa-Patagonia
Human remains
Late Holocene
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
spellingShingle Ostemyelitis
Pampa-Patagonia
Human remains
Late Holocene
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel
Suby, Jorge Alejandro
Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo
A case of adult osteomyelitis in a Final Late Holocene hunter-gatherer population, eastern Pampa–Patagonian transition, Argentina
topic_facet Ostemyelitis
Pampa-Patagonia
Human remains
Late Holocene
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
description Osteomyelitis was frequent in prehistoric times, although its paleopathological recognition and analysis in skeletal remains is typically incomplete. Contrasting with osteomyelitis in children, in adults it is usually a subacute or chronic infection that develops secondary to an open injury. The aim of this paper is to present a case of osteomyelitis in an adult female skeleton, from a hunter-gatherer population that inhabited the eastern Pampa–Patagonian transition (Argentina) during Final Late Holocene (ca. 250 years BP). Macroscopic studies as well as biplanar radiographs and CT scans were used for diagnosis. Lamellar bone formations on the diaphysis and in the interior of the marrow cavity were recorded. Also, a lytic lesion was identified in CT images. The diagnostic procedures and the probable causes that could generate the lesions in the long bones of the lower limb are discussed. The lesions are consistent with osteomyelitis secondary to a contiguous focus of infection, possibly linked to the abscess in the maxillary bone.
format Artículo
Artículo
publishedVersion
author Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel
Suby, Jorge Alejandro
Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo
author_facet Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel
Suby, Jorge Alejandro
Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo
author_sort Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel
title A case of adult osteomyelitis in a Final Late Holocene hunter-gatherer population, eastern Pampa–Patagonian transition, Argentina
title_short A case of adult osteomyelitis in a Final Late Holocene hunter-gatherer population, eastern Pampa–Patagonian transition, Argentina
title_full A case of adult osteomyelitis in a Final Late Holocene hunter-gatherer population, eastern Pampa–Patagonian transition, Argentina
title_fullStr A case of adult osteomyelitis in a Final Late Holocene hunter-gatherer population, eastern Pampa–Patagonian transition, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed A case of adult osteomyelitis in a Final Late Holocene hunter-gatherer population, eastern Pampa–Patagonian transition, Argentina
title_sort case of adult osteomyelitis in a final late holocene hunter-gatherer population, eastern pampa–patagonian transition, argentina
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/29352
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/29352
work_keys_str_mv AT flensborggustavoariel acaseofadultosteomyelitisinafinallateholocenehuntergathererpopulationeasternpampapatagoniantransitionargentina
AT subyjorgealejandro acaseofadultosteomyelitisinafinallateholocenehuntergathererpopulationeasternpampapatagoniantransitionargentina
AT martinezgustavoadolfo acaseofadultosteomyelitisinafinallateholocenehuntergathererpopulationeasternpampapatagoniantransitionargentina
AT flensborggustavoariel caseofadultosteomyelitisinafinallateholocenehuntergathererpopulationeasternpampapatagoniantransitionargentina
AT subyjorgealejandro caseofadultosteomyelitisinafinallateholocenehuntergathererpopulationeasternpampapatagoniantransitionargentina
AT martinezgustavoadolfo caseofadultosteomyelitisinafinallateholocenehuntergathererpopulationeasternpampapatagoniantransitionargentina
bdutipo_str Repositorios
_version_ 1764820397879984131

Ejemplares similares