Scratched pustule or gunshot wound? A medical odyssey

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