Skull Fracture, Basilar

"Skull Fracture, Basilar" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Fractures which extend through the base of the SKULL, usually involving the PETROUS BONE. Battle's sign (characterized by skin discoloration due to extravasation of blood into the subcutaneous tissue behind the ear and over the mastoid process), CRANIAL NEUROPATHIES, TRAUMATIC; CAROTID-CAVERNOUS SINUS FISTULA; and CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA are relatively frequent sequelae of this condition. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p876)

Descriptor ID	D020205
MeSH Number(s)	C10.900.300.918.150 C26.404.750.821 C26.915.300.745.300
Concept/Terms	Skull Fracture, Basilar Skull Fracture, Basilar Basilar Skull Fractures Fracture, Basilar Skull Fractures, Basilar Skull Skull Fractures, Basilar Basilar Skull Fracture Skull Fracture, Transphenoid Basilar Skull Fracture, Transphenoid Basilar Skull Fracture, Frontobasilar Skull Fracture, Frontobasilar Fracture, Frontobasilar Skull Fractures, Frontobasilar Skull Frontobasilar Skull Fracture Frontobasilar Skull Fractures Skull Fractures, Frontobasilar Battle Sign Battle Sign Sign, Battle Battle's Sign Battles Sign Sign, Battle's Skull Fracture, Basilar, Childhood Skull Fracture, Basilar, Childhood

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Skull Fracture, Basilar".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Trauma, Nervous System [C10.900]
Craniocerebral Trauma [C10.900.300]
Skull Fractures [C10.900.300.918]
Skull Fracture, Basilar [C10.900.300.918.150]
Wounds and Injuries [C26]
Fractures, Bone [C26.404]
Skull Fractures [C26.404.750]
Skull Fracture, Basilar [C26.404.750.821]
Trauma, Nervous System [C26.915]
Craniocerebral Trauma [C26.915.300]
Skull Fractures [C26.915.300.745]
Skull Fracture, Basilar [C26.915.300.745.300]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Skull Fracture, Basilar".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Skull Fracture, Basilar".

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