Thoracic phlebitis

Chest wall phlebitis is more common in middle-aged women. Generally, there are no severe clinical symptoms. There is pain in the lateral chest wall and axillary area. A cable can be touched from the lateral chest wall to the axillary area and can extend down to the umbilicus. Congestive erythema, sometimes accompanied by edema. Later, it gradually subsided, hyperemia was replaced by pigmentation, and erythema turned into tan. A few patients can cause reactions such as chills, fever, and increased white blood cells. Patients often report pain and swelling.