Mondor's syndrome: a clinical finding on subfascial breast augmentation

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|January 30, 2010
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Mondor's syndrome is a clinical finding that can present in young to middle-age women 7-14 days after subfascial breast augmentation. Three cases of women who presented Mondor's syndrome after subfascial breast augmentation are reported. The cases were characterized by a tender and painful cord that originates on the middle clavicle line from the inframammary border to the umbilicus scar on the thoracoabdominal wall.

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