Table 2 Differential diagnosis of tuberculosis in individual A from “Casa del Fabbro”. nd: characteristic not determinable.

Lesion	Individual A	Actinomycosis	Tuberculosis	Brucellosis	Osteoporosis	Metastatic neoplasia	Pyogenic osteomyelitis
Spinous process and neural arch are involved^71,73	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Large and spheroid lesions surrounded by reactive new bone⁷²	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
First affects the peduncles⁷⁰	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Vertebral fracture⁷³	No	No	Possible	No	Yes	No	No
Demineralization⁷³	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Vertebral bodies in lumbar tract affected^71,73,74	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Collapse of vertebral bodies and angular deformity⁷⁴	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
At least two adjacent vertebrae affected in most of cases⁷¹	nd	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Sign of Pedro-i-Pons⁷⁴	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No

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