Elongated odontoid process in late Holocene skeletal remains from B6 archaeological site, Mendoza, Argentina

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The odontoid process of the axis can be affected by congenital or acquired pathologies. While abnormalities such as os odontoideum, agenesis, and fractures are reported in archaeological remains, the abnormality of an elongated length of the odontoid process has not been described in the paleopathological literature. The aim of this paper is to evaluate two individuals with elongated odontoid processes from a skeletal assemblage from the B6 archaeological site (Mendoza, Argentina), and to discuss the possible etiologies of the condition, with particular attention given to the relation to trauma and Crowned Dens Syndrome (CDS), a condition characterized by the ossification of ligaments of the odontoid process of the second cervical vertebra.
Fil: Suby, Jorge Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tandil. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Paleontológicas del Cuaternario Pampeano; Argentina
Fil: Novellino, Paula Silvana. Provincia de Mendoza. Ministerio de Turismo y Cultura. Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas "Juan Moyano"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Da Peña Aldao, Gabriela Verónica. Provincia de Mendoza. Ministerio de Turismo y Cultura. Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas "Juan Moyano"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Pandiani, Cynthia Daniela. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina

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CROWNED DENS SYNDROME, DENS, LIGAMENT, OSSIFICATION, TRAUMA, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6

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