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n. (alternative form of coon eyes English)
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Raccoon eye/eyes (also known in the United Kingdom and Ireland as panda eyes, though that term commonly refers to excess or smeared dark make-up around the eyes or to dark rings around the eyes) or periorbital ecchymosis is a sign of basal skull fracture or subgaleal hematoma, a craniotomy that ruptured the meninges, or (rarely) certain cancers. Bilateral hemorrhage occurs when damage at the time of a facial fracture tears the meninges and causes the venous sinuses to bleed into the arachnoid villi and the cranial sinuses. In layman's terms, blood from skull fracture seeps into the soft tissue around the eyes. Raccoon eyes may be accompanied by Battle's sign, an ecchymosis behind the ear. These signs may be the only sign of a skull fracture, as it may not show on an X-ray. They may not appear until up 2–3 days after the injury. It is recommended that the patient not blow their nose, cough vigorously, or strain to prevent further tearing of the meninges.
Raccoon eyes may be bilateral or unilateral. If bilateral, it is highly suggestive of basilar skull fracture, with a positive predictive value of 85%. They are most often associated with fractures of the anterior cranial fossa.
Raccoon eyes may also be a sign of disseminated neuroblastoma or of amyloidosis ( multiple myeloma).
Depending on cause, raccoon eyes always require urgent consultation and management, that is surgical (facial fracture or post-craniotomy) or medical (neuroblastoma or amyloidosis).
Usage examples of "raccoon eyes".
I'll even apply makeup to those raccoon eyes of yours so you won't scare the judges.
And I have to admit that if you're doing that with, as your grandfather so delicately put it, 'raccoon eyes,' your chances of ending up holding somebody like Amber a year later is really high.
Five minutes from the end the weeping would stop, the makeup would be blotted into raccoon eyes and, knowing we had only five minutes left, she would demand to know why I wasn't helping her.
Only one of the classic signs of brain injury was extant: raccoon eyes, dark circles around the eye sockets.
He hadn't showered and was still remarkably filthy, but his raccoon eyes were intent.
Bonita, with her raccoon eyes and piles of black hair, brittle as fiberglass, was staring.
Her face was blotched, her nose red, and her eyes looked like raccoon eyes.
He was also sweating under all the camera lights and whoever had done his makeup had given him raccoon eyes and lip gloss that was too bright.
In the kitchen she dawdled over a silent breakfast made by one of the bodyguards, a large man with raccoon eyes and a kind smile.
I couldn't bring a picture of my face to mind, but I was certain that I didn't want to have raccoon eyes the first time I ever told a man I loved him.