A child with a head injury displays bruising discolorations around the orbits, or "raccoon eyes." What does this indicate?

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Some classic "signs" are associated with certain head injuries. These signs indicate fractures of the basilar skull. Traumatic head injury may be highlighted by the presence of Battle's sign or "raccoon eyes." Battle's sign represents ecchymosis, or bruised areas behind the ear that indicate basilar skull fractures. The self-explanatory term raccoon eyes represents bruising discolorations around the orbits. Both Battle's sign and raccoon eyes are the body's attempts to show internal injury with as simple a sign as a small bruise.

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