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A1 Anakwenze, Oke A.
A1 Trivedi, Vikas
A1 Goodman, Arlene M.
A1 Ganley, Theodore J.
T1 Concealed Degloving Injury (the Morel-Lavallée Lesion) in Childhood SportsA Case Report
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2011
FD December 21
VO 93
IS 24
SP e148 1
OP 4
DO 10.2106/JBJS.K.00219
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.K.00219
AB 

      Morel-Lavallée lesions (MLLs), described in 1853 by Maurice Morel-Lavallée, are uncommon closed internal degloving injuries in which the subcutaneous tissues are stripped off the fascia with a hematoma and, in some cases, necrotic fat1-4. These lesions are most commonly noted with high-energy pelvic trauma1,3 and can require weeks to resolve. Accurate diagnosis is delayed in up to one-third of patients because of inconsistent clinical presentation and because initial skin bruising can mask the importance of the underlying soft-tissue injury5. These lesions occur less frequently in the knee region; knee MLLs have been reported in professional football players6.