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Wounds and Injuries > Fractures, Bone > Skull Fractures > Skull Fracture, Basilar
Nervous System Diseases > Trauma, Nervous System > Craniocerebral Trauma > Skull Fractures > Skull Fracture, Basilar
Wounds and Injuries > Trauma, Nervous System > Craniocerebral Trauma > Skull Fractures > Skull Fracture, Basilar

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Skull Fracture, Basilar  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Basilar Skull Fracture

Note

  • coordinate with specific bone in the skull /inj if pertinent

Scope note

  • Fractures which extend through the base of the SKULL, usually involving the PETROUS BONE. Battle's sign (characterized by skin discoloration due to extravasation of blood into the subcutaneous tissue behind the ear and over the mastoid process), CRANIAL NEUROPATHIES, TRAUMATIC; CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA; and CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA are relatively frequent sequelae of this condition. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p876)

History note

  • 2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020205

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