title: Did Rubens' Delilah have Mondor's disease?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rubens was a master of European Baroque painting and a practitioner of realism. A female model for his paintings of Samson and Delilah and the Three Graces has apparent right-sided breast abnormalities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Examination of the images shows persistent changes. The clinical scenario suggests Mondor's disease, possibly related to rheumatoid arthritis or chronic infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Visible breast changes such as distortion, skin retraction and nipple deviation warrant concern and require investigation.
authors.affiliation: The Breast Centre, Wellington, New Zealand. burtonking@thebreastcentre.org.nz
authors.forename: Burton
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shortis
authors.forename: Ashleigh-Jean
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings / Q000266:history*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000266:history*