To browse Academia. In the study two human skulls recovered from archaeological excavations at St. Direct measurements of each skull were recorded, and X-ray images in P-A, lateral and basal projections were taken. The skulls represented adult males. Large, bony, lobular tumours were found on the palatine bones of both skulls. X-ray examination identified these tumours as osteoid osteomas, which are benign bone tumours that may originate in the periosteum or may be located inside the bone, distorting the maxilla or mandible.
However, osteoid osteoma of the palatine is very rare. This study extends our knowledge regarding the health and diseases of historical populations. Memoirs of the Scientific Sections of the Romanian Academy, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, Log in with Facebook Log in with Google.
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Two cases of osteoid osteoma in skulls dating from the 13—14th centuries from St. Aleksandra Gawlikowska-Sroka et al. Analysis of the skull can be very useful in assessing age, sex, nutritional status, developmental disorders and odontological diseases Plenk and Gardner ; Gerszten ; Janas and Grzesiak-Janas ; Layadi et al.
Using excavated material, we can investigate the history of disease development. The most common human pathologies that have been described in excavated material include: posttraumatic changes, degeneration, intentional deformities of bones or teeth, inflammatory lesions, systemic diseases i. Osteoid osteoma is a benign osteoblastic tumour first described by Bergstrand In the skull it is a rather rare process Moon et al.
