title: Childhood bone tuberculosis from Roman Pécs, Hungary.
abstract: A child from a Roman necropolis in Pécs, Hungary (4th century CE) was initially diagnosed with severe spinal osteomyelitis. The post-cranial skeleton displayed bone alterations in the lower thoracic and upper lumbar segments, including vertebral body destruction, collapse and sharp kyphosis, and additional multiple rib lesions, suggesting a most likely diagnosis of pulmonary and spinal tuberculosis. This study discusses a number of selected diagnoses in the context of our pathological findings, complementing the macroscopic examination with radiological and biomolecular analyses.
authors.affiliation: Institute for History of Medicine and Foreign Languages, Charles University in Prague, U Nemocnice 4, 121 08 Prague 2, Czech Republic. Electronic address: lucia.hlavenkova@centrum.sk.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hlavenková
authors.affiliation: Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Teasdale
authors.affiliation: Archaeological Museum, Janus Pannonius Museum, Széchenyi tér 12, H-7621 Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gábor
authors.affiliation: Lánc Street Outpatient Polyclinics, Lánc utca 2, H-7626 Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.affiliation: Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Mlynská dolina B2, 842 15 Bratislava 4, Slovakia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beňuš
authors.affiliation: Retired associate professor, University of Szeged, Mályva utca 23, H-6771 Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marcsik
authors.affiliation: Earth Institute and School of Archaeology, Belfield, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pinhasi
authors.affiliation: Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology, Department of Biological Anthropology, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/c, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Anthropology, Ludovika tér 2, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hajdu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology; D010164:Paleopathology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology