Interpreting Bone Lesions and Pathology for Forensic Practice

1st Edition - November 14, 2020
Imprint: Academic Press
Authors: Lucie Biehler-Gomez, Cristina Cattaneo
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
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Interpreting Bone Lesions and Pathology for Forensic Practice presents a concise description of the necessary steps for the differential diagnosis of disease and trauma on skeletal remains. Information obtained from the pathological reactions of bone can be fundamental for forensic dilemmas, ranging from identification to understanding trauma. The book's authors aim to provide reliable tools for the appropriate interpretation of lesions on bone through macroscopic, radiological, histological and biomolecular analyses on skeletal remains.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
About the authors
About the Contributors
Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Study of Bone Disease: Principles and Application to Forensics
Abstract
The Potential of Bone Disease in Forensic Sciences
Principles of Bone Disease Diagnosis
The Foundation: Describing Bone Disease
A Proposed Framework for Diagnosis in Forensic Anthropology
Known Collections: the Way Forward?
References
Chapter 2. Bone Homeostasis and Mechanisms
Abstract
What is Bone?
Bone Modeling and Remodeling
Loss of Equilibrium
Bone Response to Insult
References
Chapter 3. Infectious Diseases: Non-Specific and Specific Infections
Abstract
Inflammation Versus Infection
Non-Specific Infections
The Big Three: Tuberculosis, Syphilis, and Leprosy
Fungal Diseases
Parasitic Infections
Viral Infections
References
Chapter 4. Indicators of Stress: Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
Abstract
Anemia
Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin C Deficiency
Pellagra
Diabetes Mellitus
Paget’s Disease
Endocrine Diseases
Markers of Non-Mechanical Stress
References
Chapter 5. Diseases of Joints
Abstract
Osteoarthrosis or Degenerative Joint Disease
Erosive Osteoarthritis
Septic Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Spondyloarthropathies
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
Gouty Arthritis
Neuropathic Arthropathy
References
Chapter 6. Neoplastic Diseases
Abstract
Tumors, Neoplasms, and Cancers
Antiquity of Cancer
Leukemia
Multiple Myeloma
Metastatic Bone Disease
Bone Metastases
Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
Primary Organ Identification
References
Chapter 7. Calcified Residues of Soft Tissue Disease
Abstract
The Importance of Non-Skeletal Material
Physiological Ossifications or Calcification: Ossified Cartilage
Traumatic Calcifications: Heterotopic Ossification
Neoplastic Calcifications
Infectious Calcifications
Biological Stones
Vascular Calcifications
Other Biological Calcifications
References
Chapter 8. Trauma
Abstract
Timing of Bone Fractures
Distinguishing Perimortem and Postmortem Trauma
Antemortem Trauma
Bone Healing Process
Dating Fractures and Calluses
Perimortem Fractures: Traces of Vital Reaction or “Vitality”
Case 1
Case 2
References
Chapter 9. Biological Profile and Personal Identification
Abstract
Bone Disease for the Biological Profile
Bone Disease for Personal Identification
References
Chapter 10. The Challenge of Taphonomic Alterations
Abstract
Taphonomic Alterations of Bone Disease
Taphonomic Lesions Mimicking Disease
Taphonomic Paradox: Supporting Bone Pathology
References
Chapter 11. Conclusions and the Future of Bone Pathology
Abstract
Detection of Drugs
Detection of Heavy Metals
Future Perspectives
References
Index

Lucie Biehler-Gomez

Lucie Biehler-Gomez, PhD, is a postdoctoral research fellow in bioarch- aeology and forensic anthropology at the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology and Odontology (LABANOF), University of Milan, Italy. She obtained her BSc at the Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France) in 2014 finishing her degree with a year abroad at the University of California Davis, CA, United States, her MSc in 2016 at the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Lorraine Nancy, France and in 2020 her PhD at the Università degli studi di Milano (Italy). Her research emphasis is on the recognition and diagnosis of bone disease, in particular based on the modern and documented CAL Milano Cemetery Skeletal Collection of LABANOF. She wrote several chapters, published over 15 research articles in international journals and is currently a Reviewer for the journal Forensic Science International. In 2020, she was awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship (Italian edition).

Affiliations and expertise

Post-Doctorate Fellow in Biological and Forensic Anthropology, LABANOF (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense), Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Italy.

Cristina Cattaneo

Cristina Cattaneo - forensic pathologist and anthropologist, is currently Full Professor of Legal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy) and Director of LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense. She has been actively involved with the Italian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the creation of a national database for unidentified human remains and has since 2014 been the medico legal coordinator for the Governmental Office of the Commissioner for Missing Persons for the identification of dead migrants. She also coordinates the medico legal activities on victims of maltreatment, torture and on unaccompanied minors in Milano. She is a forensic pathology and anthropology expert for various courts in Italy and occasionally in Europe, President of FASE (Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe), member of the Swiss DVI (Disaster Victim Identification) team and Co Editor in Chief for the journal of Forensic Science International

Affiliations and expertise

Full Professor of Legal Medicine and Anthropology, LABANOF (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense), Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Italy.

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