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ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2012

High rate of smoking in female patients with Mondor's disease in an outpatient clinic in Japan.

Toshikatsu Okumura, Masumi Ohhira, Tsukasa Nozu

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Article in International journal of general medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. Embolization of chest wall varicosity for Mondor disease manifesting as pulmonary embolism.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2025
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  4. Breast Pain Differential: Mondor's Disease of the Breast.Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Toshikatsu OkumuraDepartment of General Medicine.
Masumi Ohhira
Tsukasa Nozu
Asahikawa Medical University · JPGeneral Department of Preventive Medicine · VN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeLittle is known about the epidemiology of Mondor's disease. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical features of Mondor's disease in an outpatient clinic where primary care physicians are working in Japan, to better understand the epidemiological characteristics of the disease. PATIENTS AND

methodsThe data for consecutive outpatients who were new visitors to the Department of General Medicine in the teaching hospital (Asahikawa Medical University Hospital) at Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, between April 2004 and March 2012 were analyzed. Parameters such as age, sex, diagnosis, and clinical presentation were investigated.

resultsDuring the 8-year period covered in this study, six (0.07%) out of 8767 patients were diagnosed as having Mondor's disease. All of these patients with Mondor's disease were female, and the mean age was 41 plus or minus 12 years; the overall rate of Mondor's disease in all female patients involved in this study was 0.12%. The patients complained of pain and a cord-like structure in the anterolateral thoracoabdominal wall. The painful mass had persisted for 1-4 weeks before presenting at the Department of General Medicine and it disappeared within a couple of weeks. Current smoking was significantly higher in the patients with Mondor's disease than in the age-matched female patients without Mondor's disease who were also evaluated in this study.

conclusionThese results suggest that a high rate of smoking in middle-aged females may be a characteristic feature of Mondor's disease. These epidemiological data may be useful in detection of the disease in the primary care setting in Japan.

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current smokingepidemiologyprimary carewomen

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PMID22969305
PMCPMC3437915
OpenAlexW2085761151

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