Diagnosis of aortic dextroposition on human skeletal remains

作者：Charlier Philippe^*; Costea Georgica; Huynh Charlier Isabelle; Brun Luc; de la Grandmaison Geoffroy Lorin

来源：Legal Medicine, 2012, 14(2): 101-104.

DOI：10.1016/j.legalmed.2011.12.006

• Congenital malformation
• Chronic infection
• Inhumation
• Forensic anthropology
• Paleopathology history of medicine

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. %26lt;br%26gt;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.

• 出版日期2012-3