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Mondor's Disease of the Arm Following Breast Cancer Treatment

Mondor's disease is a rare, peculiar form of superficial thrombophlebitis which mainly affects the subcutaneous veins of the breast, anterior chest wall, neck, axilla, upper limbs and penis. In most cases, it presents with rapid development of a painful subcutaneous cord-like structure that lat...

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Autores principales: Monib, Sherif, Chong, Kelvin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7978151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33758712
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13421
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description Mondor's disease is a rare, peculiar form of superficial thrombophlebitis which mainly affects the subcutaneous veins of the breast, anterior chest wall, neck, axilla, upper limbs and penis. In most cases, it presents with rapid development of a painful subcutaneous cord-like structure that later becomes less painful, but a fibrous band persists. Unfortunately, aetiology and management are not very clear, but it is a self-limiting condition in most cases. We are presenting a rare case of a patient who developed Mondor's disease in the antecubital fossa of the right arm following chemotherapy for breast cancer.
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spelling pubmed-79781512021-03-22 Mondor's Disease of the Arm Following Breast Cancer Treatment Monib, Sherif Chong, Kelvin Cureus General Surgery Mondor's disease is a rare, peculiar form of superficial thrombophlebitis which mainly affects the subcutaneous veins of the breast, anterior chest wall, neck, axilla, upper limbs and penis. In most cases, it presents with rapid development of a painful subcutaneous cord-like structure that later becomes less painful, but a fibrous band persists. Unfortunately, aetiology and management are not very clear, but it is a self-limiting condition in most cases. We are presenting a rare case of a patient who developed Mondor's disease in the antecubital fossa of the right arm following chemotherapy for breast cancer. Cureus 2021-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7978151/ /pubmed/33758712 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13421 Text en Copyright © 2021, Monib et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Monib, Sherif
Chong, Kelvin
Mondor's Disease of the Arm Following Breast Cancer Treatment
title Mondor's Disease of the Arm Following Breast Cancer Treatment
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title_fullStr Mondor's Disease of the Arm Following Breast Cancer Treatment
title_full_unstemmed Mondor's Disease of the Arm Following Breast Cancer Treatment
title_short Mondor's Disease of the Arm Following Breast Cancer Treatment
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topic General Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7978151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33758712
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13421
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