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.
Ingram
D M
DM
Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Wa.
Sheiner
H J
HJ
Ginsberg
A M
AM
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