Skull fractures. Coloured 2D (left) and 3D (right) computed tomography (CT) scans of the skull and brain of a 48-year-old man with multiple traumatic fractures of the skull due to a road traffic accident. At left is an axial section, with an extradural haematoma (internal bleeding, orange) on the left side of the patient's skull (centre right of the scan). At right is a 3D view from above. The fracture is seen at far right, over the temporoparietal area of the brain.