Ann Clin Case Rep | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access
Sarıcıcek BM1, Aydın OF1, Bıcakcı S1, Gul E2 and Guneysel O1*
1Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Emergency Medicine Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey
2Elaziğ Education and Research Hospital, Emergency Medicine Clinic, Elaziğ, Turkey
*Correspondance to: Ozlem Guneysel
Fulltext PDFAltered mental status is a common clinical condition with a wide andvaried diagnosis. Morel– LavalléeSyndrome is rare but may be caused by a serious hemorrhage concluding with hemorrhagic shock. Hemorrhagic shock has occured with altered mental status in a 76 year-old male patient with Morel-Lavallée Syndrome. Altered mental status occured after hemorrhagic shock. The syndrome caused by post-traumatics hearing of the hypodermis from the underlying fascia. Physical examination, MRI and USG is the mainstay of diagnosis and treatment includes both surgical and minimally invasive modalities.
Sarıcıcek BM, Aydın OF, Bıcakcı S, Gul E, Guneysel O. A Rare Cause of Altered Mental Status: The Morel– lavallée Syndrome. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2016; 1: 1013.