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- Title
Clinics in diagnostic imaging (164). Morel-Lavallée lesion.
- Authors
Cheong, Sook Chuei Wendy; Wong, Bak Siew Steven
- 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.
- Subjects
BRUISES; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; COMPRESSION therapy; PHYSIOLOGICAL therapeutics; DIAGNOSIS of knee injuries; KNEE injury treatment; PHYSICAL therapy; SOFT tissue injuries; SURGICAL dressings; TRAUMA severity indices; DIAGNOSIS; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Singapore Medical Journal, 2016, Vol 57, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
0037-5675
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.11622/smedj.2016011