Treatment of Misdiagnosed Morel-Lavallee Lesion without any Fracture in an Obese Patient: A Case Report

Significant soft tissue injury associated with a pelvic trauma in which subcutaneous tissue is torn away from underlying fascia, creating cavity filled with hematoma and liquefield fat is termed as closed degloving injury (1). Morel-Lavalle ́e described this lesion for the first time in the 1800s. Subsequently, Letournel and Judet used the term of Morel-Lavalle ́e Lesion (MLL) as closed degloving injuries over the region of the greater trochanter as associated with pelvic and acetabular fractures (2). However, MLL may occur in the thigh without any fracture in occasional instance. The presence of MLL initially may be missed in up to one third of cases and may be detected months or years after trauma (3). We report an obese patient with misdiagnosed MLL in the thigh without any concomitant pelvic or acetebular fracture.