Temporal bone fracture.
Transverse fractures account for approximately 20% of temporal bone fractures. They occur secondary to frontal or occipital head trauma, and they run perpendicular to the petrous pyramid.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
Danielle M
DM
Blake
Senja
S
Tomovic
Robert W
RW
Jyung
D005260:Female; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D038781:Otoscopy; D011859:Radiography; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*