Download 3.7. Langthorne Pathologies

Langthorne pathologies (Baraybar, 1995; Stuart Macadam, 1985; White,
2000)
Site
Sitecode
Period Skelno Sex Age Pathologies
D HW-RW 94 F4nw
1302
F M-OA Colles’ fracture left radius
D HW-RW 94 F4ne
1372
F 25-30 Periostitis tibiae, fibulae;
E
HW-LT 94
F5ne
3176
F Y-MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
F5ne
3253
F
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
F5ne
3386
F
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
F5i
3767
F
YA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
F5ne
4106
F
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
F5ne
4431
F
MA Left ulna fracture (?) ‘callus’ 8.5-11cm from tip of
olecranon, no displacement or misalignment, left
radius looks normal
E
HW-LT 94
F5ne
4933
F
A
No pathology observed/recorded
D HW-RW 94
4ne
824
M 20-25 Periostitis right femur, tibiae, fibulae; green staining
left clavicle superior-posterior to conoid tubercle
D HW-RW 94
4ne
905
M 45-50 Fracture right clavicle;
D HW-RW 94
4ne
950
M
A
6 sacral segments; on superior body of L5 vertebral
osteochondrosis (?) and osteophytic lipping
D HW-RW 94
4ne
956
M
MA Possible pleural calcification; Osteophytes around
both proximal ulnar joints and on triceps attachments;
left distal ulna also large distal radial facette; both
ulnae large pronator quadratus ridges
D HW-RW 94
4ne
971
M
YA Slipped humeral head epiphysis; fracture ischio-pubic
ramus;
D HW-RW 94
4ne
983
M 45-50 Periostitis tibiae; dislocated right shoulder;
D HW-RW 94
4ne
1021
M 30-35 Periostitis tibiae, fibulae;
D HW-RW 94
4ne
1036
M 35-40 Myositis ossificans left femur;
D HW-RW 94
4nw
1105
M 20-25 Periostitis tibiae; Button osteoma on frontal
1
D HW-RW 94
4nw
1127
M
YA Spondylolysis L5; fracture left clavicle; Tibiae like
3732 but less posterior tilt; both humeri septal
aperture; ossified rib cartilages and thyroid; nonunited fracture left first rib (??); pitting on both radial
tuberosities; bipartite os apicis on occipital
D HW-RW 94
4nw
1153
M 45-50 Osgood-Schlatter’s;
D HW-RW 94
4nw
1421
M Y-MA Both fibulae enthesophyte at anterior tibiofibular
ligament
D HW-RW 94
4nw
1470
M
YA Both fibulae enthesophyte at anterior tibiofibular
ligament
D HW-RW 94
4ne
1531
M 45-50 Periostitis tibiae, fibulae, femur; fracture ribs; Cribra
orbitalia
D HW-RW 94
4ne
1543
M 30-35 Periostitis tibiae;
D HW-RW 94
4nw
1549
M
YA Both femorae: platymeria and third trochanter
D HW-RW 94
4ne
1551
M
OA Depressed skull fracture; Vertebral DJD and
osteophytes; rib fracture; left tibia ‘swollen’ mid-shaft,
fracture?
D HW-RW 94
4nw
1644
M 17-20 Congenital hip dislocation; osteoarthritis wrists;
periostitis tibiae;
E
HW-LT 94
4ne
3198
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
4ne
3247
M
MA Clavicles: both acromio-clavicular joints show DJD,
especially left one (degenerative arthritis?)
E
HW-LT 94
4ne
3430
M
MA Left humerus: DJD head
E
HW-LT 94
4ne
3467
M
MA Ankylosing spondylosis; right saro-iliac ankylosis;
Vertebrae: Schmorl’s nodes L’s; osteophytic growths
around superior and inferior body margins on L’s
(especially L3 and L4), T’s and C’s; superior and
inferior bodies of C’s heavy DJD
E
HW-LT 94
4ne
3509
M
OA Vertebrae: DJD, osteophytic growths; Left femur on
anterior distal shaft c. 10 cm from bicondylar plane:
raised area of possible new bone formation
2
E
HW-LT 94
4ne
3817
M
OA? No pathology observed/recorded
D HW-RW 94
5ne
864
M
MA Spina bifida occulta; sacralisation L5; maxillary
sinusitis;
D HW-RW 94
5ne
871
M
YA No pathology observed/recorded
D HW-RW 94
5ne
880
M 20-25 Osgood-Schlatter’s; dental enamel hypoplasia;
occipital condyles very flat; third trochanter on left
femur, slight bump in that area on right femur
D HW-RW 94
5ne
883
M 25-30 Periostitis tibiae; Right MT1 osteochondritis dissecans
distally, articulation looks flattened; roughened
appearance of both proximal first foot phalanges; right
femur coxa valga
D HW-RW 94
5ne
888
M
MA Spondylolysis L5; spina bifida occulta;
D HW-RW 94
5ne
899
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
D HW-RW 94
5ne
902
M 25-30 Periostitis tibiae;
D HW-RW 94
5ne
915
M
OA Os acromiale;
D HW-RW 94
5i
1051
M
OA Possible DISH; Large enthesophytes on major muscle
attachments
D HW-RW 94
5nw
1100
M 30-35 Periostitis tibiae, fibulae;
D HW-RW 94
5nw
1107
M
OA Schmorl’s nodes mid-lower thoracics and upper
lumbars; 6 sacral segments (5L, 12T)
D HW-RW 94
5nw
1139
M
MA Spina bifida occulta; partial sacralisation L5;
osteophytes in lower spine (T’s and L’s)
D HW-RW 94
5nw
1144
M 45-50 Periostitis tibiae; possible Klinefelter’s?
D HW-RW 94
5ne
1148
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
D HW-RW 94
5nw
1369
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
D HW-RW 94
5i
1411
M M-OA No pathology observed/recorded
5ne
3008
M
E
HW-LT 94
OA Both tibiae look very bowed antero-posteriorly, sabre
shin?
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3066
M
OA Left hip DJD
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3105
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3117
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
3
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3130
M M-OA T12 Schmorl’s node inferior body; auricular surfaces
very elongated and narrow
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3154
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3167
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3173
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3190
M
MA Right ulna fracture callus 3-5.5cm from distal end,
well healed, no angulation, distal end slightly
displaced posteriorly; fracture (?) of right radial head
with disruption of articular surface anteriorly (right
distal humerus normal aspect)
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3195
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3220
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3301
M
YA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3320
M
OA Vertebral osteophytes; facette joints of some C’s show
eburnation, some C’s have bipartite transverse
foramina; transverse foramina in a mid-C (?) look very
small
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3323
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3326
M
MA Lower left M3 impacted, possible agenesis of lower
right M3
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3335
M
YA Endocranial new bone formation (or expansion of
diploe as in cribra orbitalia); long bones look very thin
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3363
M
OA C’s: superior and inferior bodies DJD; C2 and C3 left
apophyseal joints fused; Mandible: both TMJ’s have
‘fossae’ ( instead of )
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3411
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3414
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
4
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3417
M
OA Healed rib fracture; both lateral masses of atlas seem
very large supero-inferiorly, big huge Schmorl’s nodes
in upper (?) lumbar vertebrae, degenerative changes
on anterior superior aspects of bodies
(Scheuermann’s??) in mid-lumbars
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3420
M
A
No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3425
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3454
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3461
M Y-MA Osteomyelitis left leg; odontome right maxilla; Healed
fracture (?) right (?) fibula
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3464
M
OA Eburnation on dens, C3 and C4 fused/ankylosis, C4
severe DJD, other vertebrae less; both ilia: fossa iliaca
‘depressed’ and very thin iliac blade, osteophytes on
right iliac tubercle, auricular surfaces look very
knobbly
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3488
M
YA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3499
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3512
M
MA Vertebral DJD, C’s bodies and apophyseal joints;
candlewax on right anterior bodies of T’s and possibly
L’s; ilium: osteophytic lipping on superior-anterior
margin of left auricular surface; both distal femora:
osteophytic lipping around articular margin, healed (?)
osteochondritis dissecans
E
HW-LT 94
5i
3518
M
OA Vertebral osteophytes and DJD
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3538
M
YA Vertebral osteophytes and DJD
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3682
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3685
M
OA Enthesophytes on dens, osteophytic growths on
vertebral bodies
E
HW-LT 94
5i
3695
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
5
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3732
M
MA Cervicals: DJD, degenerative arthritis (?), osteophytic
lipping on T’s (very fragmented) and on iliac crest
fragments; mandible ATML except for left canine,
premolars and first molar; both proximal tibial
plateaus rotated medially along long axis of tibia and
tilted posteriorly
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3779
M Y-MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5i
3807
M Y-MA Osteomyelitis right femur; Left tibia enthesophyte or
bony spur antero-lateral
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
3822
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4007
M
YA Dental enamel hypoplasia, caries and abscess/cloaca
lingually r M1
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4039
M
MA Osteoarthritis both knees; kyphosis; L1 collapsed body
(compression fracture?), extensive osteophytic
growths around vertebral body margins and
enthesophytes on major muscle attachment sites
(mainly in lower limb and pelvis)
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
E
HW-LT 94 415ne
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4089
M
YA No pathology observed/recorded
4125
M
YA No pathology observed/recorded
99
M
YA Both femoral heads flattened
6
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4252
M
OA Probable DISH (skeleton fragmented); large
osteophytic growths on all vertebrae present, T7-T10
fused/fusing on right anterior body with no apophyseal
or disc space involvement; enthesophyte-like
outgrowths on ischial tuberosities, on iliac crest (only
bit present is left ASIS with 2-3 cm posterior), on all
femoral trochanters present, on both acromion
processes; also fragments of ossified sterno-costal
cartilage present; right acromio-clavicular facet much
enlarged with DJD in that joint; left clavicle healed
fracture (?) 2cm from acromial end displaced
anteriorly; humeral rotator cuff attachments
degenerative arthritis (?)
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4282
M
A
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4288
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4306
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4313
M
OA? No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4323
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4341
M
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4344
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4407
M
OA Both ulnae: marked pronator quadratus ridges,
A
No pathology observed/recorded
No pathology observed/recorded
osteophytic lipping around proximal joints, especially
right, on right also osteophytes at triceps attachment
on olecranon, on right distal ulna eburnation and distal
radial facette large
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4422
M
OA Right lower limb 22 mm shorter than left
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4517
M
YA Right upper M3 impacted, agenesis (?) of lower M3’s
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4520
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4526
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4541
M M-OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4569
M
A
No pathology observed/recorded
7
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4572
M
OA Possible DISH (skeleton very fragmented), some
vertebral body fragments show osteophytic candlewax
on left anterior side, also extraspinal manifestations,
enthesophytes on major muscle attachment sites
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4596
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4599
M M-OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4615
M
YA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4634
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4637
M
YA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4683
M M-OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4696
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4702
M
OA Abscesses superior to both M1, very severe; right M2
large caries; left M2 ATML; dental enamel hypoplasia;
pitting in distal left MT1 medially posterior to
articular surface, doesn’t look like gout; left clavicle
enthesophyte at attachment for conoid ligament,
acromial end looks too big supero-inferiorly,
fracture?; looks like enthesophytic growths inferiorly
and medial to acromial end
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4705
M
OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4714
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4717
M
MA Both acetabula osteochondritis dissecans (?), looks
like reattached bone fragment on innermost rim of
facies lunata just inferior to AIIS; fovea capitis of
femora seem large and well defined, otherwise
femoral heads look normal
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4734
M Y-MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4740
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4750
M
OA DISH, candlewax on 9 T fragments
8
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4762
M
OA Both iliac crests osteophytic growths; left femur:
osteophytes on linea aspera; left (?) tibia
osteophytes/ankylosis (?) proximal fib/tib; osteophytic
‘spicules’ superior to both acetabuli; ossified ligament
(?) around both acetabuli; right claviculo-acromial
joint possible DJD
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4787
M M-OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4796
M M-OA Schmorl’s nodes and osteophytes in thoracics and
lumbars; left hamate has a ‘hole’ in the capitate
facette; both patellae: lots of enthesophytes and
lipping around articular surface, lateral vastus notches
(patella emarginata); both knees osteophytic lipping
on distal femora and proximal tibiae anteriorly on
lateral plateau
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4805
M
OA Osteophytic growths on vertebrae, especially severe
on C’s; some L’s look ‘depressed’ on superior and
inferior body surface (cupped)
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4811
M M-OA Both patellae: medial posterior facette has circular
area of macroporosity, well delineated, c. 1cm in
diameter
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4833
M
YA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4867
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4882
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4891
M
YA Schmorl’s nodes
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4894
M Y-MA Both femora: 3rd trochanters
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4897
M
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4906
M
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4912
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4956
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
YA No pathology observed/recorded
A
No pathology observed/recorded
9
E
HW-LT 94
5ne
4959
M
MA Osteophytic lipping around distal articular surfaces of
both femora and proximal articular surface of right
ulna
E
HW-LT 94
D HW-RW 94
5ne
4976
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
6i
893
M 30-35 Fusion pedal mid-distal phalanges; periostitis left
tibia;
D HW-RW 94
6i
895
M M-OA No pathology observed/recorded
D HW-RW 94
6i
908
M
OA Maxillary sinusitis;
D HW-RW 94
6i
936
M
OA DISH; Candlewax on anterior right bodies of T6-11,
osteophytes on T4, 5, and 12, T10-11 fused, T6-9
close to fusing; L’s osteophytes around body margins;
C3-6 osteophytes and eburnation in consecutive
apophyseal joints, C5-6 lytic destruction of
consecutive body surfaces and osteophytes around
body margins; scapula: ossification of anterior labrum
on right glenoid; both acromions: bony spicules
covering area of os acromiale, right acromion: ‘false’
joint surface for humerus on inferior aspect; left 1st rib
and other left rib ossification of rib cartilage
10
D HW-RW 94
6i
938
M
OA Right sacro-iliac ankylosis; very slight post-bregmatic
depression; ossified rib cartilages; spine: Schmorl’s
nodes in T’s, slight osteophytic lipping in L’s, C3 – T2
(?) eburnation in apophyseal joints (spine very
fragmented); left lunate: pit in articular surface to
scaphoid; eburnation and osteophytic growths on
distal left MC3; both MT1 distal eburnation and
osteophytic growths (more severe on right); proximal
first foot phalanx (left?) proximal eburnation and
osteochondritis dissecans (?); distal first foot phalanx
osteophytic growths, medially if left, hallux
valgus/varus (?); femoral neck angles very wide, coxa
valga; right fibula distal enthesophytes at tibiofibular
ligament; both humeri distal third deviated laterally;
right ulna enthesophyte on triceps attachment
D HW-RW 94
6i
978
M 25-35 Fusion pedal mid-distal phalanges; fracture left
clavicle; Destructive (lytic) lesion at left femoral
head/neck junction, supero-posterior, looks almost like
Allen’s fossa
D HW-RW 94
6i
1003
M
OA Left femoral head: area of raised bone close to fovea
capitis, like c. 1mm thick layer
D HW-RW 94
6i
1008
M
MA Bifid ribs; hemi-patellae; Osteophytic growths on T’s
and L’s, seems to be more on right anterior body;
supernumerary sacral segment (?); some rib cartilage
ossification; fragments of 2 right ribs (1 and 2 or 2 and
3?) fused anterior to tubercle
D HW-RW 94
E
HW-LT 94
6i
1070
M
OA Button osteoma on frontal
6ne
3828
M
MA Os acromiale left (only scapular spine present, os itself
absent)
E
HW-LT 94
6i
3831
M Y-MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
6ne
4365
M
A
No pathology observed/recorded
11
E
HW-LT 94
6ne
4371
M
YA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
6ne
4410
M
YA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
6ne
4425
M
A
Gout feet, both first MT’s at MTP joints cavities and
some osteophytic growth around joint surfaces, both
second MT’s bony outgrowths medially just above
proximal ends (trauma?), other MT’s plaque-like new
bone formation, enthesophytes (ossified ligaments?);
lower limbs generalised enthesophytic growths along
muscle attachment sites
E
HW-LT 94
6ne
4468
M
MA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
6ne
4471
M
E
HW-LT 94
6ne
4612
M
E
HW-LT 94
6ne
4699
M M-OA No pathology observed/recorded
E
HW-LT 94
6ne
4820
M M-OA Both fibulae: distal half of shaft very enlarged in
A
No pathology observed/recorded
OA No pathology observed/recorded
diameter, new bone formation; both tibiae: shaft very
enlarged in diameter, right more severe, long standing
(non-specific) infection?
E
HW-LT 94

6ne
4870
M
YA No pathology observed/recorded
Total numbers of individuals in my sample:
Females: 9
Males: 149

Numbers of individuals:
Females: 9
Males: 17 period 4ne
7 period 4nw
94 period 5ne
5 period 5nw
5 period 5i
12
11 period 6ne
10 period 6i

Indicators of wealth:
Cases of DISH: L5ne 3/94 (3.2%) M, L5i 1/5 (20%) M, L6i 1/10 (10%) M
Cases of gout: L5ne 1/94 (1.1%) M, L6ne 1/11 (9.1%) M
Cases of stature 2 SD>mean: L5ne 2/94 (2.1%) M
Cases of weight 2 SD>mean: L5ne 2/94 (2.1%) M

Indicators of poverty:
Cases of dental enamel hypoplasia: L5ne 3/94 (3.2%) M
Cases of cribra orbitalia: L4ne 1/17 (5.9%) M, L5ne 1/94 (1.1%) M
Cases of porotic hyperostosis: none
Cases of rickets: none
Cases of scurvy: none
Cases of non-specific infection/periostitis: 1/9 (11.1%) F, L4ne 5/17 (29.4%) M,
L4nw 2/7 (28.6%) M, L5ne 3/94 (3.2%) M, L5nw 2/5 (40%) M, L5i 1/5 (20%) M,
L6ne 1/11 (9.1%) M, L6i 1/10 (10%) M
Cases of stature 2 SD<mean: none
Cases of weight 2 SD<mean: L4ne 1/17 (5.9%) M,
13