RESUMEN
A cremated pelvis dating from the first century A.D. showed evidence of osteosclerotic metastasis, presumably secondary to prostate carcinoma. The case demonstrates the importance of microradiography in palaeopathology as well as some of the structural changes seen in cremated bone.
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Neoplasias Óseas/historia , Paleopatología , Huesos Pélvicos/patología , Neoplasias de la Próstata/historia , Neoplasias Óseas/diagnóstico por imagen , Neoplasias Óseas/secundario , Historia Antigua , Humanos , Italia , Masculino , Microscopía de Polarización , Prácticas Mortuorias , Osteosclerosis/patología , Huesos Pélvicos/diagnóstico por imagen , Neoplasias de la Próstata/diagnóstico por imagen , Neoplasias de la Próstata/patología , RadiografíaRESUMEN
An investigation of three groups from ancient populations (Neolithic, Early Middle Ages, Middle Ages) was performed on 273 adult skeletons. Despite unequal preservation of the remains, a study of a series of large joints and spinal segments permitted some conclusions: rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and osteoarthrosis of large joints (hip, knee, shoulder) were not found. The main findings were: osteoarthrosis in spinal zygapophyseal joints (particularly at cervical level); intervertebral osteochondrosis (particularly at the cervical and lumbar levels); Schmorl's nodes (particularly at the thoracic and lumbar levels); enthesopathic osteophytes (particularly in the spine, iliac crest, patella, and calcaneus). Such deformities seemed more frequent in the Middle Ages than in the Neolithic period.