Case Report
Two Cases of Morel-Lavallée Lesion Which Resulted in a Wide Skin Necrosis from a Small Laceration
Figure 1
Illustration of Morel-Lavallée lesions. Tangential shearing force causes a closed soft tissue degloving injury, in which the skin and subcutaneous tissue are separated from the underlying fascia. This separation creates the space which can fill with blood and lymph.