title: Radiographic artifact mimicking epiphysis of the femoral head in a seven-month-old girl.
abstract: Conventional x-ray is still the most important diagnostic and follow-up tool in developmental dysplasia of the hip joint, where hip joint ultrasonography cannot be performed. Artifacts that are seen because of technical errors can cause difficulties in diagnosis and and even can lead to wrong diagnoses and treatments. Herein, we report a diagnostic problem caused by an x-ray artifact in a child who is followed up with developmental dysplasia of the hip joint.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Fatih University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Uras
authors.forename: Osman Yuksel
authors.initials: OY
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.forename: Kamil Cagri
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kose
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Atalar
authors.forename: Nurdan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uras
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karadag
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D003020:Clothing; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography / Q000379:methods