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Emma Craythorne, MBChB, MRCP; Emma Benton, MBChB, MRCP; Sarah Macfarlane, MBChB, MRCP

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Cording, an unusual form of superficial sclerosing thrombophlebitis, is a variant of the disease described by Henri Mondor in 1939.¹ Similar lesions have also been found in the penis, groin, abdomen, arm, and axilla and have been reported under a variety of names, depending on which body site is affected. In the axilla, the condition is called axillary web syndrome (AWS) and is frequently seen following axillary lymph node clearance and sentinel lymph node biopsy. We report a case of AWS after wide local excision of a microcystic adnexal carcinoma.

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A 26-year-old woman underwent wide local excision with direct side-to-side closure for a microcystic adnexal carcinoma in the left axilla. Two weeks after the surgery, she was unable to abduct her arm at the shoulder due to nonpainful axillary tightness within the axilla. Physical examination (with elevation of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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