The pitted aboriginal skull. Radiological appearances and resemblance to myelomatosis
Bateson, E.M.; Rode, J.
Australasian Radiology 21(2): 112-115
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8461 PMID: 614838 Document Number: 113775
The presence of translucent areas in radiographs of skulls of aboriginal patients is reported. The areas were not found in children and young adults but increased in frequency with increasing age. They appear to be produced by prominent depressions of pits due to arachnoid granulations. The reason for this prominence in aboriginal patients is not known but is presumed to be related to larger granulations and the thickness of the skulls of aboriginal people. Their clinical significance is the resemblance of the radiological changes in the skull to those of myelomatosis.