01.12.2011 | Case report | Ausgabe 1/2011 Open Access
Traumatic funicular phlebitis of the thoracic wall resembling Mondor's disease: a case report
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- Journal of Medical Case Reports > Ausgabe 1/2011
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Abstract
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.