Traumatic funicular phlebitis of the thoracic wall resembling Mondor's disease: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Mondor's disease is a peculiar form of thrombophlebitis, involving a superficial vein in the subcutaneous fat of the breast or anterior chest wall. CASE PRESENTATION: The author presents a case of a 35-year-old male Japanese patient with cord-like induration in the right lateral t...

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Autor principal: Kondo, Takeshi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21450061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-127
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Mondor's disease is a peculiar form of thrombophlebitis, involving a superficial vein in the subcutaneous fat of the breast or anterior chest wall. CASE PRESENTATION: The author presents a case of a 35-year-old male Japanese patient with cord-like induration in the right lateral thoracic wall. This lesion was diagnosed as traumatic funicular phlebitis, resembling Mondor's disease. CONCLUSION: Traumatic funicular phlebitis, resembling Mondor's disease, is a clinical entity which may give suggestive insight to the etiology of Mondor's disease itself.

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