An Ancient Skeleton with Multiple Osteoblastic Bone Lesions Containing a Scapular Sunburst Appearance from a 5th–6th Century Grave Excavated in Oita, Japan

<div>Photographs of the sunburst appearance noted on the left scapula. An osteoblastic lesion was preset, comprised of small, densely concentrating, needle-like or plate-like protruding bones expanding in a 35 × 40 mm posterior region at the base of the glenoid cavity below the base of the scapular spine (a, b). This lesion continued to the proliferative lesion on the bone surface located at the base of the coracoid (d). On CT images, the presence of needle-like osteoblastic lesions was confirmed expanding continuously across both the anterior and posterior surfaces of the base of the glenoid cavity (c).</div>

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Figure 5: An Ancient Skeleton with Multiple Osteoblastic Bone Lesions Containing a Scapular Sunburst Appearance from a 5th–6th Century Grave Excavated in Oita, Japan 

Figure 5 | An Ancient Skeleton with Multiple Osteoblastic Bone Lesions Containing a Scapular Sunburst Appearance from a 5th–6th Century Grave Excavated in Oita, Japan 