In 1939, a French surgeon named Henri Mondor published a case series in which he extensively described Mondor's sickness. It is an uncommon benign breast condition characterized by thrombophlebitis of the chest wall. The condition is idiopathic (primary) in 50-60% of patients, but in 40-50% of cases, it incites trauma or the suspicion of an underlying malignancy. Mondor's disease is frequently misdiagnosed due to its rarity and the lack of definitive diagnostic criteria.
Here’s an interesting case study! Case presentation A 40-year-old premenopausal woman reported to the hospital with a complaint of stretching pain in her left chest wall for the past 10 days. The patient had been using over-the-counter analgesics and noticed a cord-like thickening on the left side of the chest wall during the course of treatment. Medical history She had the same symptoms in the left axilla a year ago.…
