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CT images ((a) axial view, (b) multiplanar reconstruction with maximum-intensity projection, and (c) 3D volume rendering) and (d) intraoperative findings of the barrette hair clip (white arrows) and its spatial relationship with the magnet of the receiver stimulator (black arrow).
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The patient underwent a noncontrast CT scan of temporal bone with 0.625 mm axial cuts (Figure 1(a)) to look for extent of infection within the mastoid and temporal bone, as well as meningitis. At surgery, debridement of the wound revealed that the metallic structure visible was not the cochlear implant; rather, it was a metallic hair barrette that was stuck to the magnet of the receiver stimulator (Figure 1(d)).