Paleopathology Case 09

This skull is from a 45-50-year-old woman from the Maitas-Chiribaya culture who died around 1000 AD. The cemetery was in a ceremonial site and numerous dogs were found in the excavation, some also with ceremonial burials. The lesion seen in the slide is a solitary bone lesion involving the nose, right eye, left frontal sinus, right maxillary sinus and posterior palate.  

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Case 9 Skull

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Updated February 23, 2006