Case Report
 
Morel–Lavallée lesions: A rare cause of post-traumatic lower back and hip pain
Yuzeng Shen
Associate Consultant, Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Article ID: Z01201708CR10819YS
doi:10.5348/ijcri-201780-CR-10819

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Shen Y. Morel–Lavallée lesions: A rare cause of post-traumatic lower back and hip pain. Int J Case Rep Images 2017;8(8):545–548.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: Lower back and hip pain after falling is one of the common presenting complaints at the emergency department.
Case Report: We present a rare case of an 80-year-old female with Morel–Lavallée lesions as a cause of lower back and hip pain after a fall. She was managed conservatively with improvement in her symptoms.
Conclusion: Morel–Lavallée lesions are a rare cause for post-traumatic back and hip pain and may respond well to conservative non-operative management. It should be considered as a differential diagnosis for patients with persistent pain despite unremarkable plain X-rays done during initial evaluation at the emergency department.

Keywords: Closed degloving injury, Morel–Lavallée lesion, Soft tissue injury, Trauma


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Yuzeng Shen – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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