A congenital sternum anomaly from a Late Roman burial from Mallorca, Spain
Fiorin, Elena (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Isidro, Albert (Hospital del Sagrat Cor (Barcelona, Catalunya))
Ubelaker, Douglas H. (Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Natural History. Department of Anthropology)
Malgosa Morera, Assumpció (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)

Date:	2016
Abstract:	A curious case of a congenital non fusion of the caudal portion of the sternum was found in the skeletal remains of a juvenile male recovered from a Late Roman burial from the Necropolis of Pollentia, Mallorca, Spain. No other significant changes in the skeleton or pathological disorders were observed and potentially health problems, due to this anomaly, can not be determined. This kind of congenital defect is unusual and there are a few cases reported in paleopathological literature. Despite the fact that the sternum is one of the bones of the body with a wider variety of congenital variants, generally the described cases focus on the most frequent anomalies, such as pectus excavatum or sternal aperture, whereas the rarest variations, such as sternal bifid/cleft or failure of fusion of the caudal portion are not reported.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2014/SGR-1420
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Sternum ; Congenital anomalies ; Developmental defect ; Late Roman ; Spain
Published in:	Anthropologie, Vol. LIV, No. 3 (2016) , p. 285-290, ISSN 0323-1119

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