See Also: basal skull fracture(medicine)
Skull fracture(medicine)
open skull fracture(medicine)
expressed skull fracture(medicine)
diastatic skull fracture(medicine)
depressed skull fracture(medicine)
comminuted skull fracture(medicine)
stellate skull fracture(medicine)
compound skull fracture(medicine)
closed skull fracture(medicine)

basal skull fracture (medicine)


basal skull fracture
<orthopaedics> A fracture involving the base of the cranium.

This fracture is often difficult to detect clinically. Findings may include raccoon eyes, Battle's sign, haemotympanum and cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea.

Plain skull X-ray will often not reveal the basal skull fracture, making a CT scan or MRI the most reliable diagnostic investigation.