title: [Mondor's disease in the chest wall six months after excision of malignant melanoma].
abstract: This case report presents a 39-year-old woman with Mondor's disease in the left chest wall six months after excision of a malignant melanoma in the left lumbar region, with sentinel lymph node-biopsy from the left axilla. Mondor's disease is a rare, benign and self-limiting superficial thrombophlebitis, which can appear after surgery on the breast or thorax. Aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and disease course are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik for Plastikkirurgi, Brystkirurgi og Brandsårsbehandling, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø. E-mail: emir.hasanbegovic@regionh.dk.
authors.forename: Emir
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hasanbegovic
authors.forename: Faranak Nezame
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Sarmady
authors.forename: Anders Frøkjær
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Ulrik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000601:surgery; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000098:blood supply*; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery