The Morel-Lavallée Lesion as a Rare Differential Diagnosis for Recalcitrant Bursitis of the Knee: Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Summary of literature on Morel-Lavallée lesions.

Region	Publications	Aetiology	Total lesions; (204)	Site	Total	Management	Total
Europe	14 [8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 22–28]	Trauma—RTA/Fall	167	Greater trochanter/hip	62	Surgical (evacuation of haematoma/necrotic tissue with debridement)	73
North America	9 [1, 4, 6, 17, 21, 29–32]	Sport—Wrestling/American Football	32	Thigh	41	Conservative (percutaneous aspiration and compression bandaging)	47
Middle East	2 [13, 14]	After surgery—abdominoplasty/liposuction	3	Pelvis	38	No details given (radiographic assessment only)	25
Asia	1 [11]	Unknown	2	Knee	32	Surgical debridement with vacuum dressing	32
Australia	1 [33]			Gluteal	13	Ronceray surgical method	10
South America	1 [9]			Lumbo-sacral	7	Talc/doxycycline sclerodesis	7
Africa	1 [7]			Abdominal	3	Surgical evacuation + synthetic glue	7
				Calf/lower leg	3	Quilting sutures	3
				Head	1
				Not specified	4