• U Amaravathi, Shruti Singh, Admala Anudeep Reddy, Anas Mohammed M, and S Manu Ayyan.
• Department of Emergency Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
• J Emerg Med. 2023 Jan 1; 64 (1): 676967-69.

BackgroundTrauma patients present to the emergency department with various injuries. Few injuries can be easily missed during the evaluation of polytrauma patients. We report one such rare injury in a trauma patient.Case ReportWe report the case of a 67-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with an alleged history of trauma. He reported severe pain in the lower abdomen, right hip, and right thigh. An x-ray study did not reveal any bony injury, and an extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma was also negative. Point-of-care ultrasound of his right thigh revealed the presence of a Morel-Lavallée lesion. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: Morel-Lavallée lesions are post-traumatic, closed, degloving injuries that go unnoticed in many polytrauma patients. Emergency physicians should be mindful of this lesion because delay in diagnosis can result in significant complications.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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