Occurrence and Surgical Treatment of Massive Morel-Lavallée Lesion after Large-Volume Liposuction: A Rare Clinical Case

A soft tissue injury can cause the formation of a pseudocyst in the subcutaneous tissue due to a hematoma, seroma, or liquefied fat. These cysts are Morel-Lavallée lesion. A 30-year-old male patient had previously received a large-volume Liposuction. After a couple of years, Morel-Lavallée lesion ha...

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Main Authors: Byeong Jun Kim, Chul Hoon Chung, Seung Jun Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2017-02-01
Series:Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://e-aaps.org/upload/pdf/aaps-23-41.pdf
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description A soft tissue injury can cause the formation of a pseudocyst in the subcutaneous tissue due to a hematoma, seroma, or liquefied fat. These cysts are Morel-Lavallée lesion. A 30-year-old male patient had previously received a large-volume Liposuction. After a couple of years, Morel-Lavallée lesion has formed on the abdomen. So after the two communicating massive sacs were resected, we advanced the upper flap inferiorly and resected a margin of the redundant tissue.
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spelling doaj.art-aa9525210e27419ab6ff2a5dbb09ec092022-12-22T01:31:19ZengKorean Society for Aesthetic Plastic SurgeryArchives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery2234-08312288-93372017-02-01231414410.14730/aaps.2017.23.1.4147Occurrence and Surgical Treatment of Massive Morel-Lavallée Lesion after Large-Volume Liposuction: A Rare Clinical CaseByeong Jun Kim0Chul Hoon ChungSeung Jun Lee1 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, KoreaA soft tissue injury can cause the formation of a pseudocyst in the subcutaneous tissue due to a hematoma, seroma, or liquefied fat. These cysts are Morel-Lavallée lesion. A 30-year-old male patient had previously received a large-volume Liposuction. After a couple of years, Morel-Lavallée lesion has formed on the abdomen. So after the two communicating massive sacs were resected, we advanced the upper flap inferiorly and resected a margin of the redundant tissue.http://e-aaps.org/upload/pdf/aaps-23-41.pdflipectomyobesity morbidseroma
spellingShingle Byeong Jun Kim
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Seung Jun Lee
Occurrence and Surgical Treatment of Massive Morel-Lavallée Lesion after Large-Volume Liposuction: A Rare Clinical Case
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
lipectomy
obesity morbid
seroma
title Occurrence and Surgical Treatment of Massive Morel-Lavallée Lesion after Large-Volume Liposuction: A Rare Clinical Case
title_full Occurrence and Surgical Treatment of Massive Morel-Lavallée Lesion after Large-Volume Liposuction: A Rare Clinical Case
title_fullStr Occurrence and Surgical Treatment of Massive Morel-Lavallée Lesion after Large-Volume Liposuction: A Rare Clinical Case
title_full_unstemmed Occurrence and Surgical Treatment of Massive Morel-Lavallée Lesion after Large-Volume Liposuction: A Rare Clinical Case
title_short Occurrence and Surgical Treatment of Massive Morel-Lavallée Lesion after Large-Volume Liposuction: A Rare Clinical Case
title_sort occurrence and surgical treatment of massive morel lavallee lesion after large volume liposuction a rare clinical case
topic lipectomy
obesity morbid
seroma
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