1.‘Ponytail’ artefact on Waters radiography
Leman Tekin Orgun ; Betü ; l Emine Derinkuyu ; Emin Ç ; akmakç ; ı ; Ç ; iğdem Genç ; Sel ; Deniz Yü ; ksel
Neurology Asia 2018;23(3):287-288
Various factors may lead to artefacts in many radiological examinations that are commonly used in
daily clinical practice.1,2 There are some simple but important rules to obtain high quality X-ray images
and proper diagnosis with the imaging guidance. Artefacts may result in difficulty in interpretation of
images, unnecessary workup and even improper diagnosis.3 Hair artefact that were seen in young girls
and female patients, has been rarely reported to be a problem.4 It has been reported on conventional
radiographs of the skull, neck and even chest radiographs. Hair artefacts may be caused by structural
features or style of hair bounding. In most cases these radiopacities were caused by braids, curls
and, obviously synthetic hair braid extensions. Ponytail style hair artefact on radiography has been
reported very rarely. We report here ponytail hair style artefact seen on paranasal sinus X-ray images
of a young girl. The parents has consented to this report
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