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J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2016; 77(05): 381-387
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1583540
Review Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Basic Imaging of Skull Base Trauma

Matthew Bobinski
1   Department of Radiology, University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States
,
Peter Y. Shen
1   Department of Radiology, University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States
,
Arthur B. Dublin
1   Department of Radiology, University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, United States
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09 May 2016 (online)

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Abstract

Skull base fractures extend through the floor of the anterior, middle, or posterior cranial fossa. They are frequently associated with complex facial fractures and serious complications such as cranial nerve or vascular injury, cerebrospinal fluid leak, or meningitis. Several distinct patterns of skull base fractures have been recognized, each of them associated with different complications. Recognition of, often subtle, skull base fracture is essential to prevent or allow early treatment of these serious complications.

Keywords

skull base - trauma - cerebrospinal fluid leak - facial fracture
 

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