TY - JOUR

T1 - The use of computed tomography for the study of chronic maxillary sinusitis

T2 - Based on Crania from the Pucará De Tilcara Fortress, Argentina

AU - Zubova, A. V.

AU - Ananyeva, N. I.

AU - Moiseyev, V. G.

AU - Stulov, I. K.

AU - Dmitrenko, L. M.

AU - Obodovskiy, A. V.

AU - Potrakhov, N. N.

AU - Kulkov, A. M.

AU - Andreev, E. V.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences © 2020 Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences ©2020 A.V. Zubova, N.I. Ananyeva, V.G. Moiseyev, I.K. Stulov, L.M. Dmitrenko, A.V. Obodovskiy, NN. Potrakhov, A.M. Kulkov, E.V. Andreev

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - We discuss the methodological advantages of using X-ray computed tomography (CT) for diagnosing chronic maxillary sinusitis (CMS) of various etiologies on skeletal samples. A CT examination of 20 crania from the Pucará de Tilcara fortress, Argentina (late 8th to 16th centuries AD), was carried out. Criteria for identifying CMS included osteitic lesions in the form offocal destruction, and thickened and sclerotized walls of maxillary sinuses. To determine the etiology of the disease, a tomographic and macroscopic examination of the dentition and bones of the ostiomeatal complex were performed, the presence or absence offacial injuries was assessed, and the co-occurrence of various pathologies was statistically evaluated. Five cases of CMS were identified. Four of these may be of odontogenic origin; in two cases, a secondary infection of the maxillary sinuses is possible. In one instance, the etiology was not determined. No indications of traumatic infection were found. Statistical analysis revealed a relationship of CMS with apical periodontitis and the ante-mortem loss of upper molars and premolars. An indirect symptom of CMS may be the remodeled bone tissue and porosity of the posterior surface of the maxilla.

AB - We discuss the methodological advantages of using X-ray computed tomography (CT) for diagnosing chronic maxillary sinusitis (CMS) of various etiologies on skeletal samples. A CT examination of 20 crania from the Pucará de Tilcara fortress, Argentina (late 8th to 16th centuries AD), was carried out. Criteria for identifying CMS included osteitic lesions in the form offocal destruction, and thickened and sclerotized walls of maxillary sinuses. To determine the etiology of the disease, a tomographic and macroscopic examination of the dentition and bones of the ostiomeatal complex were performed, the presence or absence offacial injuries was assessed, and the co-occurrence of various pathologies was statistically evaluated. Five cases of CMS were identified. Four of these may be of odontogenic origin; in two cases, a secondary infection of the maxillary sinuses is possible. In one instance, the etiology was not determined. No indications of traumatic infection were found. Statistical analysis revealed a relationship of CMS with apical periodontitis and the ante-mortem loss of upper molars and premolars. An indirect symptom of CMS may be the remodeled bone tissue and porosity of the posterior surface of the maxilla.

KW - Bioarchaeology

KW - Chronic maxillary sinusitis

KW - Orofacial pathologies

KW - Osteitis

KW - Periodontitis

KW - X-ray computed tomography

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U2 - 10.17746/1563-0110.2020.48.3.143-153

DO - 10.17746/1563-0110.2020.48.3.143-153

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:85099682223

VL - 48

SP - 143

EP - 153

JO - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

JF - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia

SN - 1563-0110

IS - 3

ER -