title: Occult gunshot injury of the temporal bone.
abstract: Increasing firearms violence has produced much public disquiet in recent months and Liverpool has seen a particularly well publicized spate of shootings. This is a case report of an initially occult intracranial injury which illustrates the unpredictable nature of missile trauma and the importance of computerised tomography in all cases of gunshot injury to the head.
authors.affiliation: Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Geary
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ritchie
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Luke
mesh_terms: D001929:Brain Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014754:Violence; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*