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

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

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Antunes-Ferreira, Nathalie

Marques, Carina

Prates, Carlos

Alves-Cardoso, Francisca

Abstract(s)

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.