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Residual rickets or osteomalacia: a case dating from the 16–18 th centuries from Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland
Author(s) -
Haduch E.,
Szczepanek A.,
Skrzat J.,
Środek R.,
Brzegowy P.
Publication year - 2008
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/oa.1001
Subject(s) - osteomalacia , rickets , skeleton (computer programming) , skull , pathological , vitamin d and neurology , appendicular skeleton , medicine , human skeleton , paleopathology , pathology , anatomy
A skeleton from a 16–18 th century burial site in Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland, was examined using classical morphological, metric and macroscopic palaeopathological observations, as well as radiography and tomography of the skull and long bones. A wide variety of the observed bone deformations probably occurred as a consequence of past rickets and/or osteomalacia, whose primary cause may also have been chronic renal failure. Preservation of the bones enables a discussion of the cause of such pathological changes. The subject under study appears to be a very interesting example of an individual whose skeleton shows advanced pathological alterations associated with the subject's vitamin D deficiency, overall health conditions and relatively long lifespan. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.