title: [Rokitansky's first description of a spondylocostal dysplasia, dysostosis].
abstract: The bicentenary of Carl Rokitansky's birth prompted us to evaluate his less well-known work related to osteopathology. Of various articles containing humoropathological interpretations of osseous diseases, one work should be highlighted. It is, to the best of our knowledge, the first description of a spondylocostal dysplasia, re-discovered many years later, precisely described and accompanied by an excellent illustration.
authors.affiliation: Pathologisches Institut des Hanusch-Krankenhauses und Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Osteologie, Wien, Osterreich. alexander.nader@univie.ac.at
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nader
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sedivy
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D004413:Dysostoses / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000266:history*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010336:Pathology / Q000266:history*; D012272:Ribs / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000266:history*; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities*