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Osseous changes due to mastoiditis in human skeletal remains
Author(s) -
Flohr S.,
Schultz M.
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.961
Subject(s) - mastoiditis , paleopathology , otitis , middle ear , medicine , temporal bone , ear disease , radiological weapon , population , anatomy , pathology , surgery , hearing loss , audiology , environmental health
Mastoiditis is a disease that follows otitis media and may lead to severe endocranial complications. Most studies on mastoiditis and middle ear diseases in archaeological skeletal remains are based on radiological investigations. The following study describes the morphological changes in the pneumatised cells of the mastoid process due to mastoiditis in archaeological skeletal remains, based on macroscopic, endoscopic, light and scanning‐electron microscopic investigations. For the purposes of this study, we used an early medieval Frankish population from Dirmstein, State of Rhineland‐Palatinate, Germany. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.