Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in Meroitic Nubians from Semna South, Sudan

Arriaza, Bernardo; Merbs, Charles F.; Rothschild, Bruce M.

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“…Bony shelves on the lamina resulting from facet remodeling were clearly distinguishable and were not counted as osteophytes. Cases of congenital fusion of the facets, bone formers (Rogers and Waldron, 1995), or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) were not scored; the etiology of bone-forming and DISH are poorly understood and have not been demonstrated to be activity-related (Arriaza, 1993;Arriaza et al, 1993).…”

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Sex differences in activity-related osseous change in the spine and the gendered division of labor at Ensay and Wharram Percy, UK

Sofaer

2000

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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Sex differences in the distribution of vertebral degenerative and plastic change were examined and compared within and between samples of 51 individuals from the historically and ethnographically documented 16th-19th century site of Ensay, the Outer Hebrides, and 59 individuals from the medieval site of Wharram Percy, the Yorkshire Wolds. Both populations have a known gendered division of labor between males and females and known activity-related stresses on the spine. Osseous changes normally associated with degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis) of the apophyseal facets and osteophytosis of the vertebral bodies were scored and reported separately. Inter- and intrasite differences were found in the frequency and distribution of osseous change down the spine. Overall, the Ensay sample was more highly stressed than that from Wharram Percy. Furthermore, differences between males and females at Ensay could be identified as relating to different types of activities. Distinctions between males and females at Wharram Percy were less marked, suggesting broadly similar lifestyles. These results accorded with expectations regarding contrasting levels of activity-related stress at the two sites and the division of labor between males and females. In particular, the prevalence and distribution of facet remodeling, facet sclerosis/eburnation, and osteophytosis in Ensay females could be related to load-bearing using creels (a form of basket), which disrupted "normal" patterns of osseous change along the spine. Importantly, morphologically distinct osseous modifications recorded on the apophyseal facets produced dissimilar distributions, suggesting that they may have different etiologies. These results highlight the need for a high degree of discrimination in recording, analyzing, and exploring activity-related osseous change.

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Sex differences in activity-related osseous change in the spine and the gendered division of labor at Ensay and Wharram Percy, UK

Sofaer

2000

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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“…La Paleopatologia reumatologica, quindi, nelle sua più moderna espressione, non si limita ad osservare e descrivere l'evento, ma tende a spiegarlo attraverso l'analisi dei documenti storici più appropriati. Per fare un altro esempio, sappiamo quanto siano state frequenti le segnalazioni di polientesopatia iperostosante dismetabolica (DISH) nelle popolazioni del passato (14,21-28), anche con frequenze ina-spettatamente elevate, come ad esempio quella del 13%, stimata da Arriaga et al (29) su una serie di reperti scheletrici del periodo 350 a.C -350 d.C provenienti dalla Nubia, ossia la parte settentrionale dell'attuale Sudan. Sulla base di questa e di altre analoghe esperienze (30), gli autori giungevano a formulare l'ipotesi che questa patologia ostoarticolare, per le sue caratteristiche clinico-epidemiologiche, più che una malattia, potesse essere un adattamento anatomico all'eccessivo sovraccarico dell'apparato scheletrico.…”

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Marson¹,

Bonati²

2011

Reumatismo

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A l lettore più attento non sarà certo sfuggito come negli ultimi tempi Reumatismo abbia dato spazio ad alcuni contributi su temi di Paleopatologia (1), fra i quali, ad esempio, una rassegna sistematica sulle più sofisticate metodiche di cui si avvale oggi questa disciplina (2). Anche nel presente numero di Reumatismo viene proposto uno studio che illustra alcuni aspetti, in particolare quelli eziologici, della storia delle artriti erosive e di altre artropatie, attraverso una campionatura -oggi diremmo "randomizzata" -di ossa di vertebrati precipitati accidentalmente, a partire da 110.000 anni fa, in una grotta del Wyoming (USA), una sorta di trappola naturale ("Natural Trap Cave") (3). Questa serie di lavori scientifici, e quanti ne verranno ancora (4), frutto della collaborazione con Reumatismo di Bruce Rothschild, che negli ultimi quindici anni si è imposto come uno dei più autorevoli protagonisti nel campo della Paleopatologia reumatologica (5), ci obbliga a qualche riflessione su questa affascinante materia. Volendo fornire, innanzitutto, a chi non sia addetto ai lavori una definizione di Paleopatologia e dei suoi ambiti d'indagine, possiamo ricorrere a quanto scritto da Luigi Capasso in un recentissimo testo di storia della patologie umane (6) Ruffer (1859Ruffer ( -1917, docente di Batteriologia presso la Scuola di Medicina del Cairo, ed autore di numerosi studi osteoarcheologici in Egitto. Di costui proponiamo un'immagine ( Fig. 1), che lo rappresenta nella sua raffinata eleganza, d'impronta fascinosamente coloniale. A dire il vero, molti altri prima di Ruffer ebbero interessi in Paleopatologia, a cominciare da Eugen Esper (1742-1810) e Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) (8). Ed in terra italica, ricordiamo il poliedrico scienziato -zoologo, anatomico, patologo, tossicologo, e altro ancora! (9) -"riverito da' sapienti di tutta Europa" Stefano Delle Chiaie (1794-1860), nativo di Teano ed attivo, come Professore di Anatomia Patologica e Direttore del Museo Anatomico-Patologico della Regia Università, in Napoli, straordinaria capitale di cultura, anche scientifica, nei secoli trascorsi. Questi, infatti, in una pubblicazione del 1854 che ebbe ampia diffusione in Europa (10), tanto da essere citata in due fra i più importanti testi di argomento reumatologico dell'Ottocento (11,12), completò lo studio "intorno a' Teschi ed altre ossa umane trovate in Pompei, occupandosi non pure delle ossa normali, ma di quelle altresì che offerivano uno stato pato-

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“…In addition, exostosis was noted on the patellae and the calcanei. It is possible that this individual had suffered from diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) (Rogers, 1982;Arriaza, 1993;Arriaza et al, 1993;Jankauskas, 2003). The distribution of the lesions was much more severe compared with other adults in the sample.…”

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In sickness or in health? Assessment of Early Iron Age human skeletons from Toutswe sites, east central Botswana

Mosothwane¹,

Steyn²

2008

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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The general health of Early Iron Age (AD 700 to 1300) mixed farmers in east central Botswana has not been studied before. In this study the bones and teeth of 84 individuals from ten Toutswe sites were analysed for osteological manifestations of disease, with the aim of assessing the general health of the Toutswe communities. These individuals were aged between newborn and 75 years old, and include both sexes. Results indicate the presence of diseases commonly found in archaeological populations such as osteoarthritis, spina bifida occulta, cribra orbitalia, porotic hyperostosis and enamel hypoplasias. One possible case of DISH was found. The frequency of lesions was comparable with or even lower than at other similar sites, such as K2 and Mapungubwe and other parts of southern Africa. The samples represent communities with relatively low levels of stress and infections. This seems to support the results of the palaeodemographic analysis, which indicated that the Toutswe people were better off than those of neighbouring K2 and Mapungubwe.

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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in Meroitic Nubians from Semna South, Sudan

Cited by 28 publications

References 17 publications

Sex differences in activity-related osseous change in the spine and the gendered division of labor at Ensay and Wharram Percy, UK

Sex differences in activity-related osseous change in the spine and the gendered division of labor at Ensay and Wharram Percy, UK

Today’s rheumatological paleopathology

In sickness or in health? Assessment of Early Iron Age human skeletons from Toutswe sites, east central Botswana

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