RESUMEN

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.

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Pared Torácica/irrigación sanguínea , Tromboflebitis , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Melanoma/cirugía , Biopsia del Ganglio Linfático Centinela , Tromboflebitis/diagnóstico , Tromboflebitis/patología , Tromboflebitis/cirugía