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RESEARCH PRODUCT
PROBLEMS OF DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS IN PALEOPATHOLOGY
C. GiuseppeB. GiuseppeGabriele LauriaRoberto MiccicheLuca Sineosubject
Differential diagnosisanthropologySettore BIO/08 - Antropologiadescription
This work discusses on the problems of the differential diagnosis in paleopathology, describing one case of intense modification observed in a skeletal sample from the archaelogical site of Baucina (Sicily, VI century BCE). Difficulties in this setting originate mainly from the aspecificity or absence of pathological markers on ancient bones and confounding features arising from clinical phenocopies or taphonomic artifacts. On the base of an in-depth morphological analysis of the find, with aid of CT scan imaging and wide revision of the medical and paleopathological literature, we arrived to a convincing diagnosis.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-01 |