Paleopathology Case 02

The skull was from a woman around 35-40 years old. It was salvaged from "Falda de Morro" cemetery in Arica, Chile. Visual and X-ray revealed a single, lytic lesion at the junction of the parietal bones with the occipital. It measures 50x45 mm with short, bony spicules. The inner table hole was larger than the outer.

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Case 2 Skull

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Updated February 23, 2006