While reviewing the clinical history of a client with brain injury, the nurse finds that there is a bruising of the mastoid process behind the ear of the affected side. Which fracture should the nurse suspect in the client?

1. Linear fracture
2. Basilar skull fracture
3. Depressed fracture
4. Frontal fossa fracture

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