Morel-Lavallee Lesion (MLL) Mimicking A Soft Tissue Neoplasm
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Sandeep Kumar,
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal University, Manipal, India.
E-mail : drsandeepkumarradiologist@gmail.com
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.
MLL, Morel-lavallee lesion, MRI, Post traumatic cyst
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/13208.5793
Date of Submission: Jan 26, 2015
Date of Peer Review: Feb 23, 2015
Date of Acceptance: Feb 26, 2015
Date of Publishing: Apr 01, 2015
Financial OR OTHER COMPETING INTERESTS: None.
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