Medical Definition of Basal skull fracture
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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.
(15 Nov 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basal Skull Fracture
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