RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Occult gunshot injury of the temporal bone. JF Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine JO Arch Emerg Med FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine SP 185 OP 186 DO 10.1136/emj.14.3.185 VO 14 IS 3 A1 U M Geary A1 D A Ritchie A1 L C Luke YR 1997 UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/14/3/185.abstract AB 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.