Basilar skull fracture
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![Diagram showing bones that may be involved in a basilar skull fracture](/Images/godic/202412/23/Cranial_bones_en.svg0453.png")
A basilar skull fracture (or basal skull fracture) is a fracture of the base of the skull, typically involving the temporal bone, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, and/or ethmoid bone.
This type of fracture is rare, occurring as the only fracture in just 4% of severe head injury patients.