Hair artefacts in the head and neck region.
Three cases illustrating hair artefacts in conventional and panoramic radiography are reported. Hairstyles may create a considerable range of radiopaque patterns, including simple representation of synthetic hair braid extensions or findings that seem inexplicable without thorough reconstruction of the imaging situation. It may be concluded that hair artefacts should be considered in all questionable opacities of the head and neck region.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016477:Artifacts; D005260:Female; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006197:Hair / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging