Original scientific paper
A Case of Extensive Infl ammatory Changes (Osteomyelitis) in an Infant’s Skeleton from the Medieval Burial Ground (11th–12th c) in Wawrzeńczyce (Near Krakow)
Małgorzata Kołodziej
; Jagiellonian University, Institute of Zoology, Department of Anthropology, Krakow, Poland
Elżbieta Haduch
; Jagiellonian University, Institute of Zoology, Department of Anthropology, Krakow, Poland
Arkadiusz Wrębiak
; Academy of Physical Education, Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Katowice, Poland
Anita Szczepanek
; Jagiellonian University, Institute of Zoology, Department of Anthropology, Krakow, Poland
Beata Podsiadło-Kleinrok
; »John Paul II« Hospital in Krakow, Department of Radiology, Krakow, Poland
Anna Mazur
; AVCISSA Archaeological Company, Krakow, Poland
Krzysztof Mazur
; AVCISSA Archaeological Company, Krakow, Poland
Abstract
The aim of this study was to diagnose and describe extensive infl ammatory changes in a child’s skeleton from
Wawrzeńczyce, (the medieval period). The aim of the analysis was to determine the nature of the infl ammatory changes
and their etiology by means of macroscopic techniques as well as X-ray analysis. The tests revealed that the individual
suffered from a hematogenous multifocal osteitis. This condition might have been a result of an acute or sub-acute osteitis,
and the untreated form of osteomyelitis might have contributed to the infection of the entire developing organism, leading
to death.
Keywords
bone infections; osteomyelitis; Polish medieval population; enamel hypoplasia
Hrčak ID:
147710
URI
Publication date:
30.3.2015.
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