Battles Sign basilar skull fracture
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Battle s sign is skin discolouration due to extravasation of blood into the subcutaneous tissue behind the ear and over the mastoid process This is a sign of a basilar skull fracture which is a fracture that extends through the base of the skull usually involving the petrous bone