Article
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY  (2019)

A prehistoric case of developmental defect of the spine in a young adult female from the Atacama Desert

Arriaza, Bernardo; Standen, Vivien; Soto, Leonardo

Keywords: embryonic development, spina bifida, hemivertebrae, Congenital malformation, Klippel–Feil syndrome

Abstract

We report the case of a female individual from an archaeological site from the Late Intermediate Period (ca. 1000–1400 AD) of the Azapa Valley in the far north of Chile. The spine presents several pathologies, including a triple hemivertebrae involving T7, T8, and T10 and the fusion of axis‐C3. We consider that these bone anomalies could be related to Klippel–Feil syndrome

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Título de la Revista: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY
Volumen: 2
Editorial: Wiley
Fecha de publicación: 2019
Página de inicio: 346
Página final: 349
Idioma: Inglés
Financiamiento/Sponsor: FONDECYT 1170120
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991212
DOI:

DOI: 10.1002/oa.2738
Notas: WOS, ISI