ANTROPOLOGIA FUNERÁRIA E PALEOBIOLOGIA DAS POPULAÇÕES PÓS-MEDIEVAIS PORTUGUESAS: OS CASOS DE NOSSA SENHORA DA ANUNCIADA E ESPÍRITO SANTO

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Multiple osteochondromas in a 16th–19th century individual from Setúbal (Portugal)

Publication . Antunes-Ferreira, Nathalie; Cunha, Eugénia; Marques, Carina

An archaeological survey at the church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciada (Setúbal, Portugal) uncovered the remains of 92 individuals. Historical and archaeological data suggest that the inhumations occurred between 1531 and 1839. The present work reports the pathological features of a mature male individual exhibiting multiple osseous bony projections and bone deformity, mainly affecting the metaphyseal and adjacent diaphyseal regions of the long bones. The macroscopic and the radiological analyses of the lesions suggest multiple osteochondromas as the most probable diagnosis. This is the first archaeological case of this disease known on the Portuguese territory and in southern Europe.

2014Journal article

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DISH in an individual from the Portuguese Navy (18th-19th centuries)

Publication . Antunes-Ferreira, Nathalie; Marques, Carina; Prates, Carlos; Alves-Cardoso, Francisca

In 2005 the crypt of Espírito Santo Chapel (Loures, Portugal) was excavated. Forty-nine primary inhumations, comprising 37 adults (27 females; 10 males) and 12 non-adults were identified. Inhumations took place between 1561 and 1834. An adult male (> 35 years old) (Burial 1-Crypt 3) was individualized as belonging to the Portuguese Navy, based on the recovery of an uniform button associated with the burial. This individual exhibited exuberant bone lesions, affecting the vertebral region, sacroiliac joint, and extraspinal entheses. Bone changes were recorded macroscopically and complemented with radiological exam. The bone alterations are compatible with a diagnosis of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), according to Rogers and Waldron criteria.

2016-11-25Conference object

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Extracapsular fracture of the femur in an elderly male from Setúbal (Portugal)

Publication . Antunes-Ferreira, Nathalie; Prates, Carlos; Curate, Francisco

Hip fractures were certainly present in past communities, if not reasonably frequent. Often an outcome of osteoporosis and increased risk of falling among the elderly, these fractures affect predominantly older women but also aged men. In this case-study, an extracapsular fracture of the femur in an elderly man is described and contextualized.

2017-09-08Conference object

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