Congenital syphilis in the skeleton of a child from Poland (Radom, 18th–19th century AD)

An incomplete skeleton of a 3-year-old child with suspected congenital syphilis was found in the Radom area of Poland. Squama frontalis and zygomatic bones are characterized by significant bone loss. Radiographic pictures show a geographic destructive lesion of a serpiginous shape surrounded by a zo...

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Main Authors: Tomczyk Jacek, Mańkowska-Pliszka Hanna, Palczewski Piotr, Olczak-Kowalczyk Dorota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-03-01
Series:Anthropological Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/anre-2015-0006