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- Title
Balatlar Kilisesi’nde ileri düzey biparietal osteodistrofi örneği.
- Authors
Çırak, Mustafa Tolga; Tarhan, Erhan; Köroğlu, Gülgün
- Abstract
In this study, a skull found in 2006 that belongs to the Balatlar Church population in Sinop, which is one of the important ancient cities of the Black Sea and is thought to belong to the 18th century, was examined. In the macroscopic and tomographic examinations, it was revealed that the older adult individual had a pathology called 3rd degree Bilateral Osteodystrophy. Located symmetrically on the both sides of the parietal bones, this lesion completely removed some bone tissue, especially on the right parietal. This incidence is thought to pose a serious life-threatening situation to the individual. Even tough the etiology of bilateral osteodystrophy is not clear, it is stated that the factors related to aging play an important role. The reason for the occurrence of bilateral osteodystrophy in this individual is thought to be the age-related osteoporosis. This pathological lesion, which is rarely encountered in anthropological studies, is of great importance in terms of being one of the rare examples in Anatolia and contributing to the paleopathology literature.
- Subjects
TURKEY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OLDER people; PALEOPATHOLOGY; EIGHTEENTH century; OTTOMAN Empire
- Publication
Antropoloji, 2021, Issue 42, p59
- ISSN
0378-2891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33613/antropolojidergisi.939236