A case of extensive inflammatory changes (osteomyelitis) in an infant's skeleton from the medieval burial ground (11th-12th c) in Wawrzeńczyce (near Krakow).

The aim of this study was to diagnose and describe extensive inflamatory changes in a child's skeleton from medieval period (Poland). The aim of the analysis was to determine the nature of the inflammatory changes and their aetiology by means of macroscopic techniques as well X-ray analysis. The tests revealed that the individual suffered from a haematogenous multifocal osteitis. This condition might have been a result of an acute or sub-acute osteitis and the untreated from of osteomyelitis might have contributed to the infection of the entire developing organism, leading to death.