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Superficial Thrombophlebitis of the Breast (Mondor’s Disease): An Uncommon Localization of Common Disease

Mondor’s disease (MD), or superficial thrombophlebitis of the anterolateral thoracoabdominal wall, is a rare disease that presents with a palpable cord-like induration beneath the skin. It is a benign, self-limiting condition with probably underestimated significance due to the fact it may be a rare...

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Autores principales: Obradovic, Katarina, Adzic, Nina, Pavlovic Stankovic, Dragana, Petkovic, Ivana, Urban, Vladimir, Milosevic, Zorica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7673048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33239933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1179547620972414
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author Obradovic, Katarina
Adzic, Nina
Pavlovic Stankovic, Dragana
Petkovic, Ivana
Urban, Vladimir
Milosevic, Zorica
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description Mondor’s disease (MD), or superficial thrombophlebitis of the anterolateral thoracoabdominal wall, is a rare disease that presents with a palpable cord-like induration beneath the skin. It is a benign, self-limiting condition with probably underestimated significance due to the fact it may be a rare manifestation of an underlying breast carcinoma. It can also resemble breast malignancy and, if physician is not familiar with clinical features of MD, it may lead to unnecessary biopsy. The diagnosis is straightforward in most cases and it may be based on a thorough history and physical examination and it can be ultrasonographically confirmed. Raising awareness of this condition may facilitate recognition and diagnosing MD and eventually limit unnecessary diagnostic procedures.
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spelling pubmed-76730482020-11-24 Superficial Thrombophlebitis of the Breast (Mondor’s Disease): An Uncommon Localization of Common Disease Obradovic, Katarina Adzic, Nina Pavlovic Stankovic, Dragana Petkovic, Ivana Urban, Vladimir Milosevic, Zorica Clin Med Insights Case Rep Case Report Mondor’s disease (MD), or superficial thrombophlebitis of the anterolateral thoracoabdominal wall, is a rare disease that presents with a palpable cord-like induration beneath the skin. It is a benign, self-limiting condition with probably underestimated significance due to the fact it may be a rare manifestation of an underlying breast carcinoma. It can also resemble breast malignancy and, if physician is not familiar with clinical features of MD, it may lead to unnecessary biopsy. The diagnosis is straightforward in most cases and it may be based on a thorough history and physical examination and it can be ultrasonographically confirmed. Raising awareness of this condition may facilitate recognition and diagnosing MD and eventually limit unnecessary diagnostic procedures. SAGE Publications 2020-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7673048/ /pubmed/33239933 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1179547620972414 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Superficial Thrombophlebitis of the Breast (Mondor’s Disease): An Uncommon Localization of Common Disease
title Superficial Thrombophlebitis of the Breast (Mondor’s Disease): An Uncommon Localization of Common Disease
title_full Superficial Thrombophlebitis of the Breast (Mondor’s Disease): An Uncommon Localization of Common Disease
title_fullStr Superficial Thrombophlebitis of the Breast (Mondor’s Disease): An Uncommon Localization of Common Disease
title_full_unstemmed Superficial Thrombophlebitis of the Breast (Mondor’s Disease): An Uncommon Localization of Common Disease
title_short Superficial Thrombophlebitis of the Breast (Mondor’s Disease): An Uncommon Localization of Common Disease
title_sort superficial thrombophlebitis of the breast (mondor’s disease): an uncommon localization of common disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7673048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33239933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1179547620972414
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