Open AccessAn attempt to evaluate the criteria for diagnosing nonspecific inflammatory diseases observed on ancient skeletons
Author(s) -
Witold Prejzner,
Judyta Gładykowska-Rzeczycka
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
anthropological review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2083-4594
pISSN - 1898-6773
DOI - 10.18778/1898-6773.60.11
Subject(s) - osteoid osteoma , tuberculosis , medicine , paleopathology , pathology , anatomy
The study presents the criteria for diagnosing nonspecific inflammatory diseases observed on ancient bones. It is very important to remember about two forms of ostitis - acute and chronic, and about diseases causing similar changes, e.g. tuberculosis, lues, brucelosis, cysts, osteoid-osteoma.