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Two cases of facial involvement in probable treponemal infection from late prehistoric coastal North Carolina

✍ Scribed by Dale L. Hutchinson; David S. Weaver

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 975 KB
Volume: 8
Category: Article
ISSN: 1047-482X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199811/12)8:6<444::aid-oa440>3.0.co;2-s

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✦ Synopsis

This paper describes two late prehistoric burials from coastal North Carolina with cranial and postcranial lesions characteristic of treponemal infection. Each case exhibits facial lesions consistent with clinical reports of treponemal infection, but which have not previously been documented in these populations. The suite of facial lesions in one case and a mandibular lesion in the other serve to illustrate the variability inherent in treponemal infections.