Annals of Dermatology  1991;3(1):64-67

doi:10.5021/ad.1991.3.1.64

A Case of Mondor's Disease.

Geun Soo LEE ; Hyung Geun MIN ; Kyu Joong AHN ; Chong Ju LEE

Keywords

Mondor's disease

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

We report a case of Mondor's disease, or superficial thrombophlebitis of the chest wall, which occured in a 35-year-old female after a mild blunt trauma of the right chest wall. She had 0.3 × 25 cm, firm, tender, bifurcated cord-like lesions on the right chest and upper abdomen for two weeks. The histopathologic findings corresponded to the “thrombus organization” stage of Mondor's disease, characterized by numerous small areas of recanalization with marked surrounding fibrosis. The patient was treated with non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs and warm compresses. Within 7 weeks, the cord-like lesions virtually disappeared.