Open AccessMorel-Lavallee Lesion (MLL) Mimicking A Soft Tissue Neoplasm
Author(s) -
Sandeep Kumar,
Roumina Hasan,
Rajagopal Kadavigere,
Satish Babu Maddukuri,
Radha Puppala
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/13208.5793
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , thigh , magnetic resonance imaging , soft tissue , scapula , sarcoma , anatomy , abscess , radiology , surgery , pathology
Morel-lavallee lesion (MLL) represents post traumatic subcutaneous cyst generally overlying bony prominences like greater trochanter, lower back, knee and scapula. A 51-year-old man presented with a swelling in left thigh since six years which was insidious in onset, gradually progressive in size and not associated with pain, fever or discharge. There was no history of trauma or any associated constitutional symptoms. Since there was no history of trauma recalled by the patient the clinical dilemma was between soft tissue sarcoma and cold abscess. We report a case of slow growing painless mass lesion of thigh, diagnosed on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as morel lavallee lesion and describe its salient imaging features with treatment options.