A man sustained injury and presented with fluid coming out through nose. What could be the possible fracture?
High-Yield Explanation
BASILAR SKULL FRACTURE Fracture of the base of the skull, typically involving the temporal bone, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, and /or ethmoid bone. Leaking fluid may accumulate in the middle ear space, and dribble out through a perforated eardrum (CSF otorrhea) or into the nasopharynx the Eustachian tube, causing a salty taste. CSF may also drip from the nose (CSF rhinorrhea) in fractures of the anterior skull base, yielding a halo sign. These signs are pathognomonic for basilar skull fracture.