A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve, 1971. 2. (Szeged, 1974)

Die VII. Archäologische Konferenz in Szeged - Farkas, Gyula–Lengyel, Imre: Skeleton of a mediaval dwarf form Ludoš-Csurgó (Yugoslavia)

The average of the calculated body height is 122,8 cm, which is 7 cm less than the upper limit of the group of „dwarfs" according to the classification of physique given by Martin. DIAGNOSIS To sum it up (Hellner

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Poppe, 1956; Pugh, 1954) the radiograms give evidence of the bone remains of a dwarfish male who had reached the senile age and had suffered from chondrodistrophia hyperplastica (McLean, 1968; Jarcho, 1966; Bateman, 1954; Ake Wilton, 1933; Donuniok—Knock, 1971; Kaufman, 1892). The point of interest of the paleopathological diagnosis that can be regarded probable on the basis of the deformations described lies, on the one hand, in the rarity of pathological deformation (Nemeskéri—Harsányi, 1959), and, on the othe rhand, in the fact, interesting in itself, that the individual examined, inspite of the anomalies of osteogenesis, had lived up to a senile age. LITERATURE USED Ake Wilton, (1933), The achondroplastic bone diseases. — Acta Path. Acad. 15.1. Bateman, N. (1954), The skeletal effects of achondroplasia. — J. Anat. 88. 212—247. Brailsford, J. E. (1955), Radiology of bones and faunts. V. Ed. Williams and Wilkins Comp. Baltimore. Codman, E. A. (1931), Epiphyseal chondromatous giant cell tumors of the upper end of the humerus. Surg-Gynec. Obstetrics. 52. 543. Ders, E. G. (1964), Diagnose, Differentialdiagnose und Therapie der Hämangioma im Skelettsystem. — Med. Welt. 24. 1308. Dominant, G. W.

—Knock, H. G. (1971), Knochengeschwülste und geschwulstähnliche Knochenerkrankungen. G. Fischer Verl. Jena. Farkas, Gy.

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—Smith, F. R. (1955), Benign Chondroblastema of bone. — J. Bone St. Surg. 37-B. 462. Timonen, S. (1964), Cartilaginous multiple exostoses in connexion with labor. Acta Obstetrics Scad. (Stockh.) 29. 138. 207