Doença de Mondor: achados mamográficos e ultra-sonográficos Mondor's disease: mammography and ultrasound findings

A doença de Mondor da mama é uma tromboflebite superficial da mama que se apresenta como um cordão fibroso e espessado na região subcutânea da mama. É uma enfermidade rara, benigna e autolimitada que apresenta dor e retração da pele no nível do vaso afetado. Neste trabalho relatamos dois casos mostrando os achados mamográficos (caso 1) e ultra-sonográficos (caso 2) típicos desta anomalia.<br>Mondor's disease of the breast is a superficial thrombophlebitis of the veins of the breast characterized by the appearance of a thickened fibrotic cord in the subcutaneous tissue. This is a rare, benign and self-limited disease, which presents with pain and skin retraction at the site of the affected vase. We report two cases of patients with Mondor's disease and show the typical mammography (case 1) and ultrasound (case 2) findings

Correlation of clinical features with the risk of lower limb deep vein thrombosis assessed by duplex ultrasound

BACKGROUND: Symptoms and clinical signs suggestive of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) are common but may have numerous possible causes. OBJECTIVES: 1) To identify the most frequent clinical symptoms and correlate them with duplex ultrasound scan (DS) findings; 2) to identify high-risk clinical conditions for DVT; and 3) to evaluate time since the onset of symptoms and DS examination. METHODS: A total of 528 patients with a clinical suspicion of DVT were evaluated by DS performed by experienced vascular ultrasonographists. RESULTS: DVT was present in 192 (36.4%) of the patients. The external iliac vein was involved in 53 patients (10.04%), the femoral veins in 110 (20.83%), the popliteal vein in 124 (23.48%), and veins below the knee were involved in 157 (29.73%) of the cases. Limb swelling was present in 359 cases (68%), and 303 (57.4%) complained of pain. Sixty nine patients received a DS due to suspected or proven pulmonary embolism (PE); 79 patients were in postoperative period. In the multivariate analysis, independent risk factors for DVT included age>65 years (OR=1.49; 95% confidence interval [95%CI] 1.01-2.18; p=0.042), edema (OR=2.83; 95%CI 1.72-4.65; p<0.001), pain (OR=1.99; 95%CI 1.3-3.05; p=0.002), cancer (OR=2.32; 95%CI 1.45-3.72; p<0.001), and PE (OR=2.62; 95%CI 1.29-5.32; p=0.008).Time since the onset of symptoms did not differ between the groups. CONCLUSIONS: In the present study, 36.4% of the patients referred to DS had DVT. Age > 65 years, presence of limb swelling, pain, cancer, and suspected or proven PE should be considered as major risk factors for DVT