Open AccessMorel-Lavallée lesion in a ‘non-traumatic’ thigh: a diagnostic challenge!
Author(s) -
Devesh Sanjeev Ballal,
Balaji Jayasankar,
Gabriel Rodrigues,
Ranjini Kudva
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bangladesh journal of medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2079-6854
pISSN - 2076-0299
DOI - 10.3329/bjms.v18i1.39566
Subject(s) - medicine , degloving , seroma , surgery , soft tissue , lesion , differential diagnosis , thigh , medial compartment of thigh , general surgery , radiology , complication , pathology
Background: Morel-Lavallée Lesion (MLL) or Morel-Lavallée Seroma (MLS) is a posttraumatic seroma that occurs following a closed degloving injury. It is very important for trauma surgeons to be aware of this relatively rarely reported entity as early diagnosis increases the likelihood of successful management.
Case report: We present a patient, wherein the patient had no history of trivial trauma and presented with a gradually growing swelling of left thigh, that was clinically and radiologically diagnosed as a soft tissue neoplasm, successfully managed by surgical excision and were reported to be a MLS. The clinical diagnostic dilemma was solved by the histopathologist!
Conclusion: A differential diagnosis of MLL should be kept in mind in patients presenting with soft tissue swellings.
Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.18(1) 2019 p.145-148