Paleopathology:
A 20,000-Skeleton Perspective
Dorsal view of hand of a 54 year old Ohio
male who died at the early part of this century (from the Todd collection). Subchondral
erosions at the proximal interphalangeal joints are quite prominent and characteristic of
spondyloarthropathy. Equally characteristic is the fusion wrist. Calcification
ofligamentous structures, maintaining anatomic relationships helps to distinguish this
phenomenon from infectious arthritis.
-Bruce M. Rothschild
