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Case report of Mondor disease in a 49-year-old Albanian woman.
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 2024 March 16
INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Mondor Disease is superficial thrombophlebitis mostly located in the thoracic-abdominal wall, mid-upper arm, and penis. The disease can affect all people over 30 years old regardless of race, ethnicity but affects women more than men. The importance of this study case consists on being the first reported case of Mondor Disease in Albania.
CASE PRESENTATION: In this study, a case of superficial thrombophlebitis affecting the thoraco-epigastric veins in the right chest wall is reported. Evidence of a palpable cord in the inferior outer quadrant of the breast was noted. The patient, a 49-year-old female who has been in menopause from March of 2021, presented with chest pain ought to two months of exaggerated physical activity.
CLINICAL DISCUSSION: A detailed subjective and objective examination was performed. All laboratory data, including tests for COVID-19, showed normal range value except ESR. For 2 weeks under treatment with Ibuprofen, the chest pain was subsided but the palpable cord in the chest wall was persistent.
CONCLUSION: Reviewing the literature and after the Color Doppler examination it has been concluded in this diagnose. It was difficult to determine the diagnosis because of no previous experience with such clinical case.
CASE PRESENTATION: In this study, a case of superficial thrombophlebitis affecting the thoraco-epigastric veins in the right chest wall is reported. Evidence of a palpable cord in the inferior outer quadrant of the breast was noted. The patient, a 49-year-old female who has been in menopause from March of 2021, presented with chest pain ought to two months of exaggerated physical activity.
CLINICAL DISCUSSION: A detailed subjective and objective examination was performed. All laboratory data, including tests for COVID-19, showed normal range value except ESR. For 2 weeks under treatment with Ibuprofen, the chest pain was subsided but the palpable cord in the chest wall was persistent.
CONCLUSION: Reviewing the literature and after the Color Doppler examination it has been concluded in this diagnose. It was difficult to determine the diagnosis because of no previous experience with such clinical case.
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