Mondor disease of the breast

Mondor disease. Thrombophlebitis of the thoracoepigastric vein causes retraction of the lateral portion of the breast, which crosses to the midline at the inferior areolar margin and is accompanied by a palpable cord.

Reproduced with permission from: Mulholland MW, Maier RV, et al. Greenfield's Surgery Scientific Principles And Practice, 4th ed, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2006. Copyright © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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