title: [A woman with retrograde amnesia].
abstract: A 56-year-old woman presented with retrograde amnesia and confusion at the Emergency Department after falling down the stairs. Physical examination revealed a bilateral periorbital hematoma (raccoon eyes) and bilateral retroauricular ecchymosis, both strongly indicative of a basilar skull fracture.
authors.affiliation: St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, afd. Intensive Care, Tilburg, the Netherlands. maartenkiel@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Maarten H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kiel
authors.forename: Anne M F
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rutten
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D019291:Skull Base / Q000293:injuries*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*