Base of skull fracture

external

• Synonyms

  • Fracture of base of skull

• Effects

  • Racoon sign
  • Battle sign
  • CSF Rhinorrhoea
  • CSF Otorrhoea
  • Optic nerve compression
  • Jugular foramen syndrome

• Parents

  • Fracture

• Description

  • "involves one of the foll: temporal bone
  • occipital bone
  • sphenoid bone
  • ethmoid bone"