The extent and location of an inflammatory bone lesion, periostitis, were examined in 50 leprous skeletons from the Chichester cemetery of the Hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalene in Sussex, England. Although the presence of periostitis is not pathognomonic of leprosy, it predominantly indicates dermal and neuropathic changes that the patient would have presented in life. The spread of inflammation across the knee joint and the ossification of the interosseous membrane due to inflammation are also suggested.
BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7730722?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1995 Mar IS - 1 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -The extent and location of an inflammatory bone lesion, periostitis, were examined in 50 leprous skeletons from the Chichester cemetery of the Hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalene in Sussex, England. Although the presence of periostitis is not pathognomonic of leprosy, it predominantly indicates dermal and neuropathic changes that the patient would have presented in life. The spread of inflammation across the knee joint and the ossification of the interosseous membrane due to inflammation are also suggested.
PY - 1995 SP - 77 EP - 85 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Inflammatory bone changes in leprous skeletons from the medieval Hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalene, Chichester, England. UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v63n1a11.pdf VL - 63 SN - 0148-916X ER -