TY - JOUR AU - Ballal, Devesh Sanjeev AU - Jayasankar, Balaji AU - Rodrigues, Gabriel AU - Kudva, Ranjini PY - 2019/01/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Morel-Lavallée lesion in a ‘non-traumatic’ thigh: a diagnostic challenge! JF - Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science JA - Bangladesh J Med Sci VL - 18 IS - 1 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.3329/bjms.v18i1.39566 UR - https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJMS/article/view/39566 SP - 145-148 AB - <p><strong>Background: </strong>Morel-Lavallée Lesion (MLL) or Morel-Lavallée Seroma (MLS) is a posttraumatic seroma that occurs following a closed degloving injury. It is very important for trauma surgeons to be aware of this relatively rarely reported entity as early diagnosis increases the likelihood of successful management.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>We present a patient, wherein the patient had no history of trivial trauma and presented with a gradually growing swelling of left thigh, that was clinically and radiologically diagnosed as a soft tissue neoplasm, successfully managed by surgical excision and were reported to be a MLS. The clinical diagnostic dilemma was solved by the histopathologist!</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A differential diagnosis of MLL should be kept in mind in patients presenting with soft tissue swellings.</p><p>Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.18(1) 2019 p.145-148</p> ER -