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Mondor's disease

Mondor's disease is a rare condition which involves thrombophlebitis of the superficial veins of the breast and anterior chest wall. It sometimes occurs in the arm.

It is named after Henri Mondor (1885-1962), a surgeon in Paris, France who first described the disease in 1939.



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