MONDOR DISEASE

Course overview

INITIALLY DESCRIBED IN 1939 BY HENRI MONDOR, MONDOR'S DISEASE CLASSICALLY DESCRIBES A SYNDROME OF SCLEROSING SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS OF THE VEINS OF THE ANTERIOR THORACIC WALL. THE MOST COMMONLY INVOLVED VESSEL IS THE SUPERIOR EPIGASTRIC VEIN PRODUCING A PALPABLE CORD IN THE INFERIOR OUTER QUADRANT OF THE BREAST. ALSO KNOWN AS MONDOR'S CORD, THIS RARE CLINICAL ENTITY HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED AS AFFECTING THE SUPERFICIAL PENILE VEINS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS MONDOR'S DISEASE AND STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL APPROACH TO CARE.