A palaeopathological example of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease from Argentina

. PAOLA PONCE, PAULA NOVELLINO.

Edinburgo

Congreso; 13th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology; 2011

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease is a very rare condition that affects one in 10,000 paediatric patients. Examples described in palaeopathological literature are scarce and for this reason the exceptional examples found in this field are worthy of analysis, description and report. This study reports a case of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in a skeleton from Argentina in an attempt to contribute towards the general knowledge of the condition and its manifestations.