New paleoradiological investigations of ancient human remains from North West Lombardy archaeological excavations.
Objective: Since its birth in 1895, radiology has been used to study ancient mummies. The purpose of this article is to present paleoradiological investigations conducted on several medieval human remains in Varese province. Anthropological (generic identification) and paleopathological analyses wer...
| Publicado en: | Skeletal Radiology Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 323 - 332 |
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| Formato: | diagnostic images pictorial research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Mar2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=112359276&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 112359276 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 03642348 O14 jtl: Skeletal Radiology issn: 03642348 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2016 vid: 45 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 112359276 112359276 NLM26481783 112359276 10.1007/s00256-015-2266-6 NLM26481783 112359276 ppf: 323 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: New paleoradiological investigations of ancient human remains from North West Lombardy archaeological excavations. aug: au: Licata, Marta Borgo, Melania Armocida, Giuseppe Nicosia, Luca Ferioli, Elena affil: Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria (Varese), O. Rossi, 9 21100 Varese Italy sug: subj: Tomography, X-Ray Computed Methods Age Determination by Skeleton Methods Fractures Anthropology Diagnosis, Laboratory Methods Italy Male Female Adult Child Middle Age Human Adult: 19-44 years Child: 6-12 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male Female ab: Objective: Since its birth in 1895, radiology has been used to study ancient mummies. The purpose of this article is to present paleoradiological investigations conducted on several medieval human remains in Varese province. Anthropological (generic identification) and paleopathological analyses were carried out with the support of diagnostic imaging (X-ray and CT scans).Materials and Methods: Human remains were discovered during excavations of medieval archaeological sites in northwest Lombardy. Classical physical anthropological methods were used for the macroscopic identification of the human remains. X-ray and CT scans were performed on the same scanner (16-layer Hitachi Eclos 16 X-ray equipment). Results Radiological analysis permitted investigating (1) the sex, (2) age of death, (3) type of trauma, (4) therapeutic interventions and (5) osteomas in ancient human remains. In particular, X-ray and CT examinations showed dimorphic facial traits on the mummified skull, and the same radiological approaches allowed determining the age at death from a mummified lower limb. CT analyses allow investigating different types of traumatic lesions in skulls and postcranial skeleton portions and reconstructing the gait and functional outcomes of a fractured femur. Moreover, one case of possible Gardner’s syndrome (GS) was postulated from observing multiple osteomas in an ancient skull.Conclusion: Among the medical tests available to the clinician, radiology is the most appropriate first-line procedure for a diagnostic approach to ancient human remains because it can be performed without causing any significant damage to the specimen. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: diagnostic images pictorial research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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