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Mondors disease

I had a lumpectomy 8 months ago that was benign, no lymph nodes removed. Now having pain under my left breast, like a cord that runs from the mid breast to a few ribs below the breast.  My nurse practitioner friend spent time finding a cause for the pain and found Mondors disease.  Is there more I can do for the pain and should I make my breast surgeon aware of it?  As a nurse I had never heard of this before, and I thought I had seen almost everything.
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I just reread your post and you said the lumpectomy was benign.  Scar tissue is another strong possibility, but I would still get the surgeon to examine the area.
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I would make the surgeon aware of it.  Mondor's thrombophlebitis is a self limited condition which the surgeon can accurately diagnose by physical exam. There is no treatment and low dose aspirin or NSAIIDs as well as warm compresses is usually recommended for symptomatic relief.   If the surgeon has any doubt as to what it is, a quick ultrasound will easily confirm the diagnosis.  It's one condition that ultrasound happens to be very good at seeing.  Trauma is one precipitating cause of Mondor's (often seatbelt injuries), and lumpectomy certainly qualifies as trauma.  But definitely get the surgeon to confirm your friend's probably correct suspicion without delay, particularly since you are at high risk for breast cancer recurrence having already had a lumpectomy.
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