Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule as a First Manifestation of Primary Peritoneal Cancer

Sister Mary Joseph's nodule metastasis is a rather rare finding. The primary malignancy in women is usually ovarian, endometrial, gastric, or pancreatobiliary tree cancer. We present a case of an 87-year-old patient with Sister Mary Joseph's nodule metastasis caused by a primary peritoneal...

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Autores principales: Iavazzo, C., Madhuri, K., Essapen, S., Akrivos, N., Tailor, A., Butler-Manuel, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3485758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23133766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/467240
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author Iavazzo, C.
Madhuri, K.
Essapen, S.
Akrivos, N.
Tailor, A.
Butler-Manuel, S.
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description Sister Mary Joseph's nodule metastasis is a rather rare finding. The primary malignancy in women is usually ovarian, endometrial, gastric, or pancreatobiliary tree cancer. We present a case of an 87-year-old patient with Sister Mary Joseph's nodule metastasis caused by a primary peritoneal malignancy. Through a literature search, we also discuss the pathophysiology, diagnostic approach, management, and prognosis of such a condition.
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spelling pubmed-34857582012-11-06 Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule as a First Manifestation of Primary Peritoneal Cancer Iavazzo, C. Madhuri, K. Essapen, S. Akrivos, N. Tailor, A. Butler-Manuel, S. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Sister Mary Joseph's nodule metastasis is a rather rare finding. The primary malignancy in women is usually ovarian, endometrial, gastric, or pancreatobiliary tree cancer. We present a case of an 87-year-old patient with Sister Mary Joseph's nodule metastasis caused by a primary peritoneal malignancy. Through a literature search, we also discuss the pathophysiology, diagnostic approach, management, and prognosis of such a condition. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3485758/ /pubmed/23133766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/467240 Text en Copyright © 2012 C. Iavazzo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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