Lesions characteristic of infection or malignant tumor in Paleo-Eskimo skulls

• Published in: Virchows Archiv A Pathological Anatomy and Histology
• Main Authors: Lagier, René, Baud, Charles-Albert, Arnaud, Guy, Arnaud, Sylvie, Menk, Roland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1982
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/599.9; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/616.07; Paleopathology; Eskimos; Frontal bone; Osteomyelitis; Bone carcinomatous metastases; Myeloma; Lawrence Island; eskimo*; Paleo-Eskimo; St Lawrence Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:97278

Study of two Paleo-Eskimo skulls found in a necropolis on St-Lawrence Island (Alaska), including radiography and histological examination, revealed the following features. One of the skulls showed a perforation with remodelled borders, considered to be due to trauma and secondary infection. The othe...