Depressio biparietalis circumscripta chez les anciens Egyptiens

Breitinger, Eckhard

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“…Indeed, the incidence of this condition in Egyptian and Moroccan contexts suggests a genetic predisposition, 11,12,46,47 even if some authors hypothesize the development of the anomaly because of the custom of wearing heavy headgear. 10 Even the habit of wearing constricting headgear from childhood could cause craniofacial changes.…”

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“…However, researches are especially concentrated on the Egyptian sample. In particular, one of the most extensive analysis on SBT find a prevalence of the condition in 4.9% of cases in a sample of about 1000 subjects 10,11 ; in Breitinger study, 12 4 skull out of 27 specimens (14.4% of prevalence) showed SBT; in Tomb 32 of the necropolis of Thebes, the occurrence of SBT was up to 30% (in a sample of 312 adults). 13,14 The development of bioarchaeological sciences, through the excavations of other necropolis and the study of new osteoarchaeological samples, will certainly bring to light other evidence of this condition also in different places of the world.…”

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A Severe Case of Biparietal Thinning in a Medieval Skull From a Northern Italy Necropolis

Tonina¹,

Larentis²,

Tesi³

et al. 2021

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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This study aims at presenting a case of symmetrical and bilateral thinning observed in a skull belonging to the skeleton of a mature woman from the medieval cemetery of Caravate (north Italy). Macroscopical, radiological, and histological analyses were performed to investigate the condition. The analyses allowed us to detect a progressive loss of both the outer table and the diploe, and the sparing of the inner table. As a controversial condition in the clinical and paleopathological literature, this case poses some difficulties in discussing the differential diagnosis. However, the sex determination, estimation of the age-at-death and different characteristics observed at the level of the postcranial bones, in particular the fractures recorded on different vertebral bodies, allowed us to correlate the biparietal thinning found in this subject to ageing and osteoporosis.

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