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Figure 1: Left sided silver nitrate artefact appearing as a bony fragment in left EAC due to similar densities of the silver nitrate and bone.
Figure 2: Silver nitrate appearing as a metallic foreign body in left EAC.
Figure 3: Right EAC granulations and multiple overlying metallic spots.