OBJECTIVE: Mondor reported the first superficial venous thrombosis on the chest 
wall in 1939. This condition is usually a benign and self-limited process, 
requiring only symptomatic treatment. Mondor's disease of the penis is an 
uncommon condition, which usually involves the superficial dorsal veins, it was 
first described by Braun-Falco in 1955. Isolated superficial dorsal 
vein-thrombosis was reported in 1958 by Helm et al. Since then around fifty 
cases have been reported. Patients experience a cord or string-like induration 
along the penile superficial dorsal vein, which is often painful and accompanied 
by localized inflammatory changes. This condition is benign and self-limited in 
most patients with complete resolution after 6 to 8 weeks of conservative 
management although sometimes surgery is indicated when it is associated with 
chronic or severe local pain.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: We report on a 23-year sold man with Mondor's disease of 
the penis following a normal sexual intercourse, who recently underwent 
microsurgical left varicocelectomy.
RESULTS: Treatment consisted in NSAID Aulin (100 mg orally twice a day for 3 
weeks) Ciproxin (500 mg orally twice a day for 10 days), Reparil 1 x 3 orally 
for 25 days and Lansox 30 mg orally 1 per day for 21 days. The patient was 
advised to abstain from sexual intercourse or masturbation until the thrombosis 
had completely resolved. In the follow-up visit there was the complete 
resolution of the disease with no evidence of superficial dorsal vein thrombosis 
or palpable penile plaque 30 days later. The patient was also able to have 
sexual intercourse without problems.
CONCLUSION: Although penile Mondors' disease is rare, proper clinical diagnosis 
and consequent reassurance can help the patient to dissipate the anxiety and the 
following erectile dysfunction. Ultrasound and Doppler Ultrasonography 
examination was not useful for diagnosis but helped the clinician to show the 
patient that the disease is a benign condition.