Citation

Antunes-Ferreira N, Prates C, Curate F. Int. J. Paleopathol. 2018; 22: 18-22.

Affiliation

Research Centre for Anthropology and Health, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal. Electronic address: fcurate@uc.pt.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.03.009

PMID

29627581

Abstract

In modern populations, hip fractures in older people are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Their incidence is rising; notwithstanding, fractures of the proximal femur are still relatively uncommon in archeological contexts. This case study represents a well-healed hip fracture in an aged male skeleton from Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciada (16th-19th centuries AD) in Setúbal (Portugal). The individual was also diagnosed with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. Fractures of the proximal femur are usually associated with bone loss but in this case other causes are proposed, including the anatomy of the proximal femur, and the potential combined effect of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and falls.

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Language: en

Keywords

Bone formers; DISH; Hip fracture; Paleopathology; Trauma