INFLAMMATORY BONE CHANGES IN LEPROUS SKELETONS FROM THE MEDIEVAL HOSPITAL OF ST JAMES AND ST MARY-MAGDALENE, CHICHESTER, ENGLAND

Authors
LEWIS ME ROBERTS CA MANCHESTER K
Citation
Me. Lewis et al., INFLAMMATORY BONE CHANGES IN LEPROUS SKELETONS FROM THE MEDIEVAL HOSPITAL OF ST JAMES AND ST MARY-MAGDALENE, CHICHESTER, ENGLAND, International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases, 63(1), 1995, pp. 77-85
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,"Tropical Medicine
Journal title
International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
0148916X
Volume
63
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
77 - 85
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-916X(1995)63:1<77:IBCILS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The extent and location of an inflammatory bone lesion, periostitis, w ere examined in 50 leprous skeletons from the Chichester cemetery of t he Hospital of St. James and St. Mary Magdalene in Sussex, England. Al though the presence of periostitis is not pathognomonic of leprosy, it predominantly indicates dermal and neuropathic changes that the patie nt would have presented in life. The spread of inflammation across the knee joint and the ossification of the interosseous membrane due to i nflammation are also suggested.