Radiographic artifact mimicking epiphysis of the femoral head in a seven-month-old girl.
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.
Uras
Ismail
I
Departments of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Fatih University, Ankara, Turkey.
Yavuz
Osman Yuksel
OY
Kose
Kamil Cagri
KC
Atalar
Hakan
H
Uras
Nurdan
N
Karadag
Ahmet
A
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