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Introduction Battle’s sign is a classical clinical sign that has long been held to be synonymous with fracture of the basal skull. As such the presence of Battle’s sign is a strong indicator that a basal skull fracture could be present in the head injured patient, as exemplified by its inclusion as a major risk factor in scoring systems designed to assess the likelihood of basal skull fracture. ...