Citation

Bajanowski T, Karger B, Brinkmann B. Int. J. Legal Med. 2001; 114(4-5): 267-268.

Affiliation

Institute of Legal Medicine, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 62, 48149 Münster, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11355408

Abstract

The diagnosis of a gunshot wound can be difficult especially if the morphology is not typical. In the case presented a neck injury was not recognised as a gunshot wound by several clinicians and radiologists although the bullet could be seen at the base of the patient's tongue and on all X-rays taken. This misinterpretation may have been caused by a "professional blinkers phenomenon".

Language: en