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. 2017 May/Jun;46(3):E144-E147.

Encapsulated Fat Necrosis Lesion Caused by Morel-Lavallée Lesion in a Professional Ice Hockey Player

Bryan G Vopat  1 , Jeffrey E Wong, Sean Hazzard, Petar Golijanin, William E Palmar, Peter D Asnis
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Encapsulated Fat Necrosis Lesion Caused by Morel-Lavallée Lesion in a Professional Ice Hockey Player

Bryan G Vopat et al. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2017 May/Jun.

Abstract

Morel-Lavallée (ML) lesions occur when subcutaneous tissue is stripped from fascia and replaced with hematoma or necrotic fat. Encapsulated fat necrosis lesions, which are rare, can occur with disruption of the blood supply in the subcutaneous area, which occurs with ML lesions. In this article, we report the case of a professional ice hockey player with an ML lesion that caused a symptomatic encapsulated fat necrosis lesion to develop. The encapsulated lesion required surgical removal.

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