Radiology of basilar skull fractures.
Injury to the basal portion of the anterior, middle, and posterior fossae of the skull are rather easily overlooked unless the radiologist carefully searches for indirect or direct signs of such injury. Representative injuries of each area are reviewed and radiological signs are illustrated. Combination fractures transversing several areas are also considered and illustrated.
D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000293:injuries; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000293:injuries; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000293:injuries; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000293:injuries; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000293:injuries; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods