title: Diagnosis of aortic dextroposition on human skeletal remains.
abstract: The fine macroscopic observation of a young adult female skeleton recovered from a Roman graveyard in Romania revealed distinctive flattening of the vertebra related to a right-sided aorta. Associated bone anomalies may be related to a Kartagener syndrome. This case highlights the fact that visceral anomalies may be diagnosed even on skeletal remains. Such lesions could be useful for osteo-archaeologists, of course, but also for forensic anthropologist investigators dealing with skeletonized remains (for example during the identification process of a dead body, through comparison with known medical data for missing people). More, hypotheses about cause and/or manner of death may be given, and a possibility of genetic confirmation exists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, University Hospital R. Poincaré, Garches, France. ph_charlier@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Charlier
authors.forename: Georgică
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costea
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Huynh-Charlier
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brun
authors.forename: Geoffroy Lorin
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: de la Grandmaison
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012383:Romania; D054079:Vascular Malformations; D055815:Young Adult