title: Morel-Lavallee Lesion (MLL) Mimicking A Soft Tissue Neoplasm.
abstract: Morel-lavallee lesion (MLL) represents post traumatic subcutaneous cyst generally overlying bony prominences like greater trochanter, lower back, knee and scapula. A 51-year-old man presented with a swelling in left thigh since six years which was insidious in onset, gradually progressive in size and not associated with pain, fever or discharge. There was no history of trauma or any associated constitutional symptoms. Since there was no history of trauma recalled by the patient the clinical dilemma was between soft tissue sarcoma and cold abscess. We report a case of slow growing painless mass lesion of thigh, diagnosed on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as morel lavallee lesion and describe its salient imaging features with treatment options.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Kasturba Medical College (KMC) , Manipal University, Manipal, India .
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, MMMC, Manipal University , Manipal, India .
authors.forename: Roumina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Radiology, Kasturba Medical College (KMC) , Manipal University, Manipal, India .
authors.forename: Rajagopal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kadavigere
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Kasturba Medical College (KMC) , Manipal University, Manipal, India .
authors.forename: Satish Babu
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Maddukuri
authors.affiliation: Junior Resident, Department of Radiology, Kasturba Medical College (KMC) , Manipal University, Manipal, India .
authors.forename: Radha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Puppala
keywords: MLL; MRI; Morel-lavallee lesion; Post traumatic cyst