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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Presence of skull fracture significantly increases risk of underlying intracranial injury | |||
==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
Revision as of 20:28, 8 July 2019
This page is for adult patients; for pediatric patients see Skull fracture (peds)
Background
- Presence of skull fracture significantly increases risk of underlying intracranial injury
Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Head trauma
- Traumatic brain injury
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- Intra-axial
- Extra-axial
- Moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury
- Mild traumatic brain injury
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- Orbital trauma
- Maxillofacial trauma
- Scalp laceration
- Skull fracture
- Pediatric head trauma
Maxillofacial Trauma
- Ears
- Nose
- Oral
- Other face
- Zygomatic arch fracture
- Zygomaticomaxillary (tripod) fracture
- Related