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Patient Data
Age: 20 years
Gender: Female
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Hair artifact
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Extensive bilateral alternating linear structures extending from the neck down to the level of the diaphragm.
Curvilinear right-sided metallic artifact in the right neck region.
Heart size normal. Lungs clear.
Thoracic scoliosis.
Repeat radiograph, undertaken 1 minute later.
Case Discussion
The first radiograph has extensive hair artifact - the hair being long extending to the bottom of the back, almost certainly modified.
The dangly ear-ring has also been removed by the time of the second radiograph.
An example of a very pronounced hair artifact, recognized by the radiographer with a repeat radiograph of diagnostic quality, performed immediately afterwards.
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