Question
Injury sign shown in the image is known as:
A. Battle’s Sign
B. McEwen Sign
C. Raccoon Sign
D. Kernig’s Sign
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Ans:A. Battle’s Sign.
Battle’s sign(mastoid ecchymosis )
- It is an indication of fracture of middle cranial fossa of the skull, and may suggest underlying brain trauma.
- Battle’s sign consists of bruising over the mastoid process, as a result of extravasation of blood along the path of the posterior auricular artery.
- Note well that this sign will take at least one day to appear after the initial traumatic basilar skull fracture, similar to Raccoon eyes(periorbital ecchymosis : a sign of basal skull fracture )