A RARE MANIFESTATION OF SPINAL TUBERCULOSIS IN A 6th–5th CENTURY BC SKELETON (NOR ARMAVIR, ARMENIA): A MORPHOLOGICAL AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY STUDY

The skeleton in question derives from the Late Iron Age monument of Nor Armavir and was unearthed from burial No. 19. The deceased was buried in an unusual position. In this article, we characterise the pathological bony changes indicative of tuberculous spondylitis. The skeleton was subject to a de...

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Published in:Anthropologie (Brno) 2024-01, Vol.62 (3), p.201-218
Main Authors: Khudaverdyan, Anahit Yu, Yengibaryan, Azat A, Hmayakyan, Simon G, Hmayakyan, Margar S, Tiratsyan, Nvart G, Vardanyan, Shota A, Hovsepyan, Inesa V, Antonyan, Anna P, Kocharyan, Vahan R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bones
Burials
Human remains
Iron Age
Medical diagnosis
Morphology
Paleopathology
Tomography
Tuberculosis
Vertebrae
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Summary:The skeleton in question derives from the Late Iron Age monument of Nor Armavir and was unearthed from burial No. 19. The deceased was buried in an unusual position. In this article, we characterise the pathological bony changes indicative of tuberculous spondylitis. The skeleton was subject to a detailed macroscopic investigation. Besides age at death estimation and sex determination, a careful palaeopathological evaluation was performed on the bone remains. In addition, volumetric (3D) computed tomography was carried out on four lumbar vertebrae (L2-5) to complement the macromorphology-based diagnosis.
ISSN:0323-1119
2570-9127
DOI:10.26720/anthro.24.10.30.1