Large Morel-Lavallée lesion presenting as fungating mass with skin ulceration
| Autor: | Sarah Wachtel, Errol Ozdalga, Christine E. Ryan, George Leef |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
030222 orthopedics
Degloving medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Fungating Mass Case Report 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Malignancy medicine.disease Lesion 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Hematoma Traumatic injury Soft tissue injury medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Radiology Sarcoma medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 7:103-105 |
| ISSN: | 0976-5662 |
| Popis: | A Morel-Lavallée lesion, a type of soft tissue degloving injury that has also been referred to as a chronic expanding hematoma, is a relatively rare condition that usually develops following traumatic injury. Here, we present a case of a 60-year-old male with a Morel-Lavallée lesion diagnosed over 5 years after a traumatic injury of the hip. He presented with a large fungating mass and overlying skin ulceration, which was highly suspicious for sarcoma. However, lack of other systemic findings and constitutional complaints, as well as negative imaging studies, did not support a diagnosis of malignancy. This information, combined with the history of remote trauma to the affected area, instead led us to suspect the alternative diagnosis of a Morel-Lavallée lesion. The diagnosis was later confirmed by pathology showing a chronic expanding hematoma. To our knowledge, a Morel-Lavallée lesion presenting as a fungating mass has not been previously described. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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