Sister Mary Joseph's nodule: a rare cytologic presentation

Umbilical metastasis is one of the main characteristic signs of extensive neoplastic disease and is universally referred to as Sister Mary Joseph's nodule. It indicates neoplasm of inner organs mostly located in the gastrointestinal tract or the pelvis. However, in approximately 15–30% the prim...

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Autores principales: Akhtar, Kafil, Zaheer, Sufian, Ahmad, Shamshad, Sherwani, Rana K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765279
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e6
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author Akhtar, Kafil
Zaheer, Sufian
Ahmad, Shamshad
Sherwani, Rana K
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description Umbilical metastasis is one of the main characteristic signs of extensive neoplastic disease and is universally referred to as Sister Mary Joseph's nodule. It indicates neoplasm of inner organs mostly located in the gastrointestinal tract or the pelvis. However, in approximately 15–30% the primary tumor remains occult. In most cases, Sister Mary Joseph's nodule appears as an early and sometimes the only symptom of the malignancy. Here we report a rare fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytologic diagnosis of umbilical metastasis of an ovarian carcinoma.
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spelling pubmed-39812152014-04-24 Sister Mary Joseph's nodule: a rare cytologic presentation Akhtar, Kafil Zaheer, Sufian Ahmad, Shamshad Sherwani, Rana K Clin Pract Case Report Umbilical metastasis is one of the main characteristic signs of extensive neoplastic disease and is universally referred to as Sister Mary Joseph's nodule. It indicates neoplasm of inner organs mostly located in the gastrointestinal tract or the pelvis. However, in approximately 15–30% the primary tumor remains occult. In most cases, Sister Mary Joseph's nodule appears as an early and sometimes the only symptom of the malignancy. Here we report a rare fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytologic diagnosis of umbilical metastasis of an ovarian carcinoma. PAGEPress Publications 2011-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3981215/ /pubmed/24765279 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e6 Text en ©Copyright K. Akhtar et al., 2011 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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Sister Mary Joseph's nodule: a rare cytologic presentation
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title_full Sister Mary Joseph's nodule: a rare cytologic presentation
title_fullStr Sister Mary Joseph's nodule: a rare cytologic presentation
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title_short Sister Mary Joseph's nodule: a rare cytologic presentation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765279
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e6
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