Table 2.
Changes in the microarchitecture of syphilitic skull bone
| ID | Sex | Age (years) | Cortical porosity |
Cortical thinning |
Cortical loss |
Sclerotic reorganization |
Perforation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | 27 | + | + | Y | ||
| 2 | M | 40 | ++ | ++ | +++ | ++ | Y |
| 3 | M | 40 | + | + | + | Y | |
| 4 | M | 42 | + | +++ | Y | ||
| 5 | M | 43 | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | Y |
| 6 | M | 43 | +++ | +++ | ++ | + | Y |
| 7 | M | 48 | + | + | Y | ||
| 8 | M | 52 | +++ | + | ++ | ++ | Y |
| 9 | M | 56 | + | ++ | + | Y | |
| 10 | M | 66 | +++ | ++ | + | Y | |
| 11 | F | 27 | + | ++ | ++ | Y | |
| 12 | F | 29 | ++ | + | ++ | + | Y |
| 13 | F | 31 | ++ | + | + | +++ | Y |
| 14 | F | 35 | +++ | ++ | + | ++ | Y |
| 15 | F | 53 | ++ | +++ | ++ | + | Y |
| 16 | F | 54 | ++ | ++ | Y | ||
| 17 | F | 58 | +++ | +++ | + | + | Y |
| 18 | F | 64 | +++ | +++ | + | Y | |
| 19 | F | 65 | ++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | Y |
| 20 | F | 65 | +++ | ++ | ++ | + | Y |
| Percentage of frequency [%] | 100 | 75 | 80 | 80 | 100 | ||
+, ++, +++ semi-quantitative gradation of cortical porosity, cortical thinning, cortical loss and sclerotic reorganization by one single observer; Y yes. Frequency is calculated by including all graduations (+,++,+++)