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Multifocal eosinophilic granuloma with a possible trepanation in a fourteenth century Greek young skeleton
Author(s) -
Barnes Ethne,
Ortner Donald J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199709/10)7:5<542::aid-oa363>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - lytic cycle , pathological , pathology , centimeter , granuloma , eosinophilic granuloma , anatomy , medicine , eosinophilic , cranial vault , skull , surgery , immunology , virus
Multiple lytic lesions in the cranial remains of a young adolescent from medieval Corinth in Greece, display characteristics best associated with multifocal eosinophilic granuloma. Some of the lesions have marginal sclerosis indicative of healing. The lesions vary in size from less than one centimeter in diameter to over two centimeters. The larger lesions, in particular, appear to be the result of confluence between two or more lytic foci. These lesions, rarely described in archaeological skeletal material, result from a pathological disturbance within the reticuloendothelial system. One of the cranial lesions has a different appearance from the other lesions and may have been produced by a therapeutic trepanation. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.