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Morel-Lavallée Lesion: A Case Study

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Clinically described in 1863 by French surgeon Victor Auguste François Morel-Lavallée, the Morel-Lavallée lesion (MLL) was an infrequently diagnosed injury. MLL most commonly resulted from blunt force trauma causing shearing of the deep soft tissue layers typically between adipose and fascia. Shearing trauma may subsequently lead to the creation of a pocket between soft tissue layers leading to encapsulation and/or contour deformity. MLL will often be referred to as a post-traumatic pseudocyst or closed soft-tissue degloving injury[1, 2]. The case below outlines the presentation and successful therapy of a young female presenting with a

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