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Mondor’s Syndrome: A Clinical Finding on Subfascial Breast Augmentation

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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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    Victor Noe Elizondo Tijerina & Rodolfo A. Elizondo Saenz

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Tijerina, V.N.E., Saenz, R.A.E. Mondor’s Syndrome: A Clinical Finding on Subfascial Breast Augmentation. Aesth Plast Surg 34, 531–533 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-009-9468-z

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