Basilar portion porosity: A pathological lesion possibly associated with infantile scurvy
Moore, Joanna Koon, Hannah E.C.
Moore, Joanna
Koon, Hannah E.C.
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2017-09
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Recent analysis of the juvenile (≤12 years) human remains from a 19th century site in Wolverhampton, England revealed a relatively high level of nutritional deficiency diseases within the population. Indeed, 41.7% of the 48 juvenile skeletons analysed exhibited a combination of porous and proliferative bone lesions consistent with the pathological alterations associated with nutritional stress. This paper describes a pathological lesion on the inferior surface of the basilar portion of the occipital bone, not previously reported in association with infantile scurvy, but which was exhibited by 90% (N=9) of the 10 scorbutic individuals identified during this study.
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Moore J and Koon HEC (2017) Basilar portion porosity: A pathological lesion possibly associated with infantile scurvy. International Journal of Paleopathology. 18: 92-97.
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