Clinics in diagnostic imaging (164). Morel-Lavallée lesion.
- Author:
Sook Chuei Wendy CHEONG
1
;
Bak Siew Steven WONG
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords: Morel-Lavallée lesion; internal degloving injury; prefascial fluid accumulation
- MeSH: Adult; Compression Bandages; Humans; Knee Injuries; diagnosis; therapy; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; methods; Male; Physical Therapy Modalities; Soft Tissue Injuries; diagnosis; therapy; Trauma Severity Indices
- From:Singapore medical journal 2016;57(1):45-50
- CountrySingapore
- Language:English
- Abstract: A 31-year-old male motorcyclist presented with prepatellar swelling of the left knee after a collision with a car. Magnetic resonance imaging of the knee showed no bony or ligamentous injury to the knee. Instead, a well-defined, thin-walled, T2-weighted hyperintense fluid collection with internal septations was identified in a prefascial location overlying the left patella and patellar tendon. The findings were in keeping with those of a Morel-Lavallée lesion, a closed internal degloving injury. Morel-Lavallée lesions are occasionally encountered after a blunt soft-tissue trauma. The presentation and imaging features are discussed.
