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8327674

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
The authors studied computed tomographic (CT) scans obtained in 40 patients with transsphenoid basilar skull fractures to establish if there were reproducible patterns of fracture along lines of weakness. Medical records were reviewed. Four major fracture patterns were identified: anterior transverse (n = 22), lateral frontal diagonal (n = 7), posterior transverse (n = 16), and mastoid diagonal (n = 3). Eight patients had two fracture patterns. Eleven of 40 patients (28%) died as a result of their head injury. The diagonal patterns were statistically significantly more frequently associated with in-hospital mortality than were the transverse fractures (P = .014). Complications included blindness, cranial nerve injury, cerebrospinal fluid leak, and hearing loss. These results indicate that transsphenoid basilar skull fractures occur along reproducible lines of weakness, including a coronal plane through the anterior sphenoid body and pterygoid plates, a coronal plane through the posterior sphenoid body and clivus, and the sphenopetrosal synchondrosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
188
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
329-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Transsphenoid basilar skull fracture: CT patterns.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Maryland, Medical Center, Baltimore 21201.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article