Question
In a patient with head injury , the condition shown in the picture below is associated with which of the following ?
A. Fracture of floor of anterior cranial fossa.
B. Bleeding between the skin and galea aponeurotica.
C. Haemorrhage between galea aponeurotica and pericranium.
D. Fracture of greater wing of sphenoid bone.
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Correct Answer » A
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Ans:A. Fracture of floor of anterior cranial fossa.
- The condition shown in the picture above represents black eye.
- Black eye (periorbital hematoma)is bruising around the eye
- Caused by bleeding beneath the skin ,around the eye.
- Migratory or Ectopic or Percolated contusions: injury at one site, contusion at a remote site due to gravitation of blood
Fracture of floor of anterior cranial fossa – bruising around eye (black eye or spectacle hematoma)
Fracture of floor of middle cranial fossa – bruising over mastoid (battle’s sign)
Fracture of jaw – bruising in the neck
Fracture of pelvis – bruising over thigh
Fracture femur – bruise in lower thigh or above knee
Calf injury -bruise in ankle.
