Mondor's disease of the breast resulting from jellyfish sting.
OBJECTIVE
To present two cases of Mondor's disease of the breast resulting from jellyfish stings in Western Australia.


METHODS
A 30-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a palpable thickened cord in her right breast. The straightness of the cord suggested a thrombosed lymphatic. A 50-year-old Caucasian woman presented with an obvious palpable cord extending most of the length of her left breast. Mammography demonstrated no abnormality. Both women reported having been stung by jellyfish a month earlier.


RESULTS
As Mondor's disease is a benign, self-limiting disease, the patients were reassured and reviewed routinely. In each case, the condition settled spontaneously over a period of several weeks.


CONCLUSIONS
Jellyfish stings should be recognised as an unusual variant of the numerous causes which have been described for Mondor's disease.
Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Wa.
D M
DM
Ingram
H J
HJ
Sheiner
A M
AM
Ginsberg
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003064:Cnidarian Venoms / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008205:Lymphangitis / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010689:Phlebitis / Q000209:etiology*; D037401:Scyphozoa
D003064:Cnidarian Venoms