basal skull fracture
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ba·sal skull frac·ture
a fracture involving the base of the cranium.
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basal skull fracture
A fracture involving the bones of the base of the skull, the so-called facial skeleton or viscerocranium.Clinical findings
May be asymptomatic; symptomatic findings include raccoon eyes, Battle sign, haemotympanum, CSF rhinorrhoea.
Imaging
Plain skull film may not reveal fracture; CT or MRI is more reliable.
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basal skull fracture
Orthopedics A fracture involving the base of the cranium Clinical May be asymptomatic; raccoon eyes, Battle sign, hemotympanum, CSF rhinorrhea Imaging Plain skull film may not reveal fracture; CT or MRI is more reliable. See LeFort fracture.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.