Spence MW, Fox WA, Gardner J, Beauchesne P. The Skinner Burial of Ontario, Canada, and the Question of Paget's Disease in the Americas.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY 2021;
32:9-16. [PMID:
33197696 DOI:
10.1016/j.ijpp.2020.10.007]
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Abstract
PURPOSE
To examine a possible case of Paget's disease of bone (PDB) in an Indigenous pre-contact male from Canada, individual D of the Skinner site in Ontario.
METHODS
Radiographs, CT scan and histological analysis.
RESULTS
The histological analysis revealed the mosaic pattern that characterizes PDB. CT scans show advanced sclerosis of the cranium and a diminished diplӧe with osteolytic lesions.
CONCLUSIONS
The pathological features that have been identified are collectively characteristic of PDB.
SIGNIFICANCE
The Skinner case advances our understanding of the global history and distribution of PDB.
LIMITATIONS OF STUDY
Only two New World cases have been identified and neither has been studied in sufficient detail.
SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
The older individuals in precolonial New World skeletal series should be given CT scans, which are non-intrusive, to be followed by histological and genetic analyses when indicated.
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