Long-standing Morel-Lavallée lesion in the proximal thigh: Ultrasound and MR findings with surgical and histopathological correlation

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 594-597

  Puig, J ^a   Pelaez, I ^a   Banos J ^a   Balliu, E ^a   Casas, M ^a   Maroto, A ^a   Pedraza, S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Limb; Magnetic resonance imaging; Soft tissue mass; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MOREL LAVALLEE LESION; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE; THIGH;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; THIGH;

EID: 33751010463     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01640.x     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Morell-Lavallée. Épanchements traumatique de sérosité. Archives Générales Médicine 1853; 31: 691-731. (In French.)
2. Parra JA, Fernandez MA, Encinas B, Rico M. Morel-Lavallee effusions in the thigh. Skeletal Radiol 1997; 26: 239-41.
3. Hak DJ, Olson SA, Matta JM. Diagnosis and management of closed internal degloving injuries associated with pelvic and acetabular fractures: the Morel-Lavallee lesion. J Trauma 1997; 42: 1046-51.
4. Aoki T, Nakata H, Watanabe H et al. The radiological findings in chronic expanding hematoma. Skeletal Radiol 1999; 28: 396-401.
5. Mellado JM, Perez del Palomar L, Diaz L, Ramos A, Sauri A. Long-standing Morel-Lavallee lesions of the trochanteric region and proximal thigh: MRI features in five patients. AJR 2004; 182: 1289-94.
6. Braunstein EM, Silver TM, Martel W, Jaffe M. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of extremity masses. Skeletal Radiol 1981; 6: 157-63.
7. Siegel MJ. Magnetic resonance imaging of musculoskeletal soft tissue masses. Radiol Clin North Am 2001; 39: 701-20.
8. Bush CH. The magnetic resonance imaging of musculoskeletal hemorrhage. Skeletal Radiol 2000; 29: 1-9.
9. Swensen SJ, Keller PL, Berquist TH, McLeod RA, Stephens DH. Magnetic resonance imaging of hemorrhage. AJR 1985; 145: 921-7.
10. Nakano M, Kondoh T, Igarashi J, Kadowaki A, Arai E. A case of chronic expanding hematoma in the tensor fascia lata. Dermatol Online J 2001; 7: 6.
11. Tsai TS, Evans HA, Donnelly LF, Bisset GS III, Emery KH. Fat necrosis after trauma: a benign cause of palpable lumps in children. AJR 1997; 169: 1623-6.
12. Postacchini F, Sadun R. Lymphangioma of the thigh following acute trauma. Clin Orthop 1976; 121: 169-72.
13. Siegel MJ, Glazer HS, St Amour TE, Rosenthal DD. Lymphangiomas in children: MR imaging. Radiology 1989; 170: 467-70.
14. Nakanishi H, Araki N, Sawai Y et al. Cystic synovial sarcomas: imaging features with clinical and histopathologic correlation. Skeletal Radiol 2003; 32: 701-7.
15. Stoller DW. Soft tissue tumors. In: Stoller BW (ed). Diagnostic Imaging Orthopaedics. Amirsys, Salt Lake City, 2004; 2-45.