Morel-Lavallée lesion of the distal thigh: Emergency department diagnosis with point-of-care ultrasound.
Knee pain
Morel-Lavalee
Journal
Radiology case reports
ISSN: 1930-0433
Titre abrégé: Radiol Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101467888
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Jun 2023
Historique:
received:
08
02
2023
revised:
27
02
2023
accepted:
01
03
2023
medline:
24
4
2023
pubmed:
24
4
2023
entrez:
24
04
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A Morel-Lavallée lesion (MLL) is a rare, closed traumatic soft-tissue degloving injury that is often misdiagnosed. The mechanism that results in this lesion involves a shearing force that separates the hypodermis from underlying fascia, thereby disrupting perforating vascular and lymphatic vessels and resulting in a hemolymphatic fluid collection prone to infection and pseudocyst formation. We describe a case of a 70-year-old male with an initially missed MLL despite CT imaging that was ultimately diagnosed on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) on a second emergency department visit. Although an MLL is often misdiagnosed on radiography and CT imaging, POCUS is an expeditious imaging modality that can facilitate diagnosis of an MLL by visualizing specific sonographic characteristics.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37089979
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2023.03.004
pii: S1930-0433(23)00176-0
pmc: PMC10113751
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
2136-2139Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors.
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