Railway track—like dermatitis: An atypical Mondor's disease?

Reactive Granulomatous Dermatitis

“…30 Over the years, IGD has alternately been referred to as IGD with arthritis, IGD with cords and arthritis, 31 linear subcutaneous bands of rheumatoid arthritis, 32 linear rheumatoid nodules, 33 linear granuloma annulare, 34 railway track dermatitis, 35 and Ackerman syndrome. 36,37 The initial descriptions were of patients with inflammatory arthritis and a pathognomonic linear band on the upper trunk, which was firm, palpable, and generally asymptomatic.…”

Cordoniform morphea: a clinicopathologic study of two cases presenting with the rope sign

“…The occurrence of a linear cord‐like lesion on the lateral chest wall is a rare cutaneous finding, which primarily directs the dermatologist toward a clinical diagnosis of IGDA . IGDA is a rare, self‐limiting entity of unknown pathogenesis with characteristic histopathological features and variable clinical expression, usually occurring in the setting of autoimmune systemic diseases, and also infections, drug intake or lymphoproliferative disorders . It has recently been proposed that IGDA could be a cutaneous manifestation of Lyme borreliosis in endemic areas .…”

“…The ‘rope sign’, i.e. one or more linear lesions resembling a rope situated on the trunk of an adult, is the most characteristic cutaneous appearance, although it is observed only in a few patients . The lesions are usually unilateral, but on occasion, they can be bilateral and symmetric.…”

Enfermedad de Mondor: estudio de dos formas topográficas

“…Desde un punto de vista estructural, la lesión ha recibido dos denominaciones: linfangiofibrosis trombótica oclusiva (15) y periflebitis esclerosante de la pared torácica (16).…”