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| Mondor's disease | |
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| Other names | Mondor's syndrome of superficial thrombophlebitis[1] |
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| Mondor's disease on subcutaneous cord on the left side of the thorax | |
| Specialty | Family medicine  |
Mondor's disease is a rare condition which involves thrombophlebitis of the superficial veins of the breast and anterior chest wall. It sometimes occurs in the arm or penis.[2][3] In axilla, this condition is known as axillary web syndrome.[4][5]
Patients with this disease often have abrupt onset of superficial pain, with possible swelling and redness of a limited area of their anterior chest wall or breast. There is usually a lump present, which may be somewhat linear and tender. Because of the possibility of the lump being from another cause, patients are often referred for mammogram and/or breast ultrasound.[6]
There have been occasional cases of associated cancer.[8] Management is with warm compresses and pain relievers, most commonly NSAIDS such as ibuprofen. When thrombophlebitis affects the greater veins, it can progress into the deep venous system, and may lead to pulmonary embolism.[9]
The condition is named after Henri Mondor (1885–1962), a surgeon in Paris, France who first described the disease in 1939.[10][11]
See also
References
- ^ Rapini RP, Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.[page needed]
- ^ James WD, Berger TG, Elston DM, Odom RB (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. p. 827. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.
- ^ "Penile Mondor's Disease (PMD)". umiamihealth.org. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ^ Shoham Y, Rosenberg N, Krieger Y, Silberstein E, Arnon O, Bogdanov-Berezovsky A (December 2011). "[Axillary web syndrome--a variant of Mondor's disease, following excision of an accessory breast]". Harefuah (in Hebrew). 150 (12): 893–4, 937, 936. PMID 22352279.
- ^ Harris SR (April 2018). "Axillary Web Syndrome in Breast Cancer: A Prevalent But Under-Recognized Postoperative Complication". Breast Care. 13 (2): 132–135. doi:10.1159/000485023. PMC 5981636. PMID 29887791.
- ^ Shetty MK, Watson AB (October 2001). "Mondor's disease of the breast: sonographic and mammographic findings". AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 177 (4): 893–896. doi:10.2214/ajr.177.4.1770893. PMID 11566698.
- ^ "UOTW #43 - Ultrasound of the Week". Ultrasound of the Week. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ Catania S, Zurrida S, Veronesi P, Galimberti V, Bono A, Pluchinotta A (May 1992). "Mondor's disease and breast cancer". Cancer. 69 (9): 2267–2270. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(19920501)69:9<2267::aid-cncr2820690910>3.0.co;2-u. hdl:2434/892627. PMID 1562972. S2CID 38025663.
- ^ Menesez N. "Superficial thrombophebitis". MedScape. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ Mondor H (1939). "Tronculite sous-cutanée subaiguë de la paroi thoracique antérolatérale" [Subacute subcutaneous trunculitis of the anterolateral chest wall.]. Mém. Acad. Chir. (in French). 65: 1271–1278.
- ^ Smith RP, Turek P (2011-02-15). Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Reproductive System. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 293. ISBN 978-1-4377-3648-9.
