Raccoon eyes, also known as the raccoon sign, are dark blue to purple bruises on your upper and lower eyelids. It makes it look like you have two black eyes. These happen when blood leaks into your eyelid tissue (periorbital tissue), usually after an eye or head injury.

2024年11月5日 · Raccoon eyes are dark purple or blue bruises under your eyes. The name comes from their resemblance to the dark circles under a raccoon's eyes. Doctors sometimes call raccoon eyes periorbital...

2023年4月10日 · The 'Raccoon sign' comprises unilateral or bilateral progressive periorbital ecchymosis associated with edema. It is also referred to as the 'raccoon eyes' and the 'panda sign.' The pooling of blood around the eyes is most commonly associated with fractures of the base of the anterior cranial fossa.

Raccoon eyes, also known as panda eyes or periorbital ecchymosis, is a sign of basal skull fracture or subgaleal hematoma, a craniotomy that ruptured the meninges, or (rarely) certain cancers.

Periorbital ecchymosis can be defined as the condition in which dark circles surround the eyes. As you will have the opportunity to discover below, this condition can have different types of causes, the most common one being represented by the basal skull fracture.

2023年7月12日 · Medically known as periorbital ecchymosis, this condition describes bruising and discoloration around a person’s eyes that resemble the dark circles around a raccoon’s...

Racoon eye or periorbital ecchymosis is caused by blood tracking into periorbital tissues, which is frequently observed after head trauma but is also observed in systemic diseases, such as amyloidosis, neuroblastoma, and surgical interventions.

Periorbital ecchymosis (raccoon eye or panda sign) is a common clinical sign of skull base injury resulting from accidental injuries. Spontaneous periorbital ecchymosis harbingers a variety of medical disorders. An urgent clinical evaluation is compulsory, which …

2017年7月26日 · Raccoon eyes is most often caused by a basal skull fracture (BSF). The basal part of your skull is the bottom portion where the brain rests. When a fracture occurs, symptoms such as...

Introduction: Periorbital ecchymosis (PE) is caused by blood tracking along tissue plains into periorbital tissues, causing discoloration in the upper and lower eyelids. This clinical feature is most commonly associated with basal skull fractures.