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Sister Mary Joseph Nodule in an Ovary Adenocarcinoma

INTRODUCTION: Sister Mary Joseph Nodule (SMJN) is a metastatic umbilical lesion secondary to a primary malignancy of any viscera, stomach and colon being most common in men, and ovary in women. CASE REPORT: In this article, we present the case of SMJN in a 54-year old female patient. An urgent diagn...

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Autores principales: Poparic, Selma, Prohic, Asja, Kuskunovic-Vlahovljak, Suada, Guso, Emir, Kapetanovic, Aida
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5511528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28790552
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2017.71.154-157
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author Poparic, Selma
Prohic, Asja
Kuskunovic-Vlahovljak, Suada
Guso, Emir
Kapetanovic, Aida
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description INTRODUCTION: Sister Mary Joseph Nodule (SMJN) is a metastatic umbilical lesion secondary to a primary malignancy of any viscera, stomach and colon being most common in men, and ovary in women. CASE REPORT: In this article, we present the case of SMJN in a 54-year old female patient. An urgent diagnostic workup was performed with a computerized tomography of abdominal cavity and pelvis showing an expansive tumorous formation covering uterus with a carcinomatosis of peritoneum. After biopsy, immunohistochemical profile suggested adenocarcinoma of the ovarian origin. The patient was then referred to the Oncology Consilier of Gynecology Department and further continued followed by the Oncology team.
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spelling pubmed-55115282017-08-08 Sister Mary Joseph Nodule in an Ovary Adenocarcinoma Poparic, Selma Prohic, Asja Kuskunovic-Vlahovljak, Suada Guso, Emir Kapetanovic, Aida Med Arch Case Report INTRODUCTION: Sister Mary Joseph Nodule (SMJN) is a metastatic umbilical lesion secondary to a primary malignancy of any viscera, stomach and colon being most common in men, and ovary in women. CASE REPORT: In this article, we present the case of SMJN in a 54-year old female patient. An urgent diagnostic workup was performed with a computerized tomography of abdominal cavity and pelvis showing an expansive tumorous formation covering uterus with a carcinomatosis of peritoneum. After biopsy, immunohistochemical profile suggested adenocarcinoma of the ovarian origin. The patient was then referred to the Oncology Consilier of Gynecology Department and further continued followed by the Oncology team. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2017-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5511528/ /pubmed/28790552 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2017.71.154-157 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Selma Poparic, Asja Prohic, Suada Kuskunovic-Vlahovljak, Emir Gušo, Aida Kapetanovic http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Guso, Emir
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Sister Mary Joseph Nodule in an Ovary Adenocarcinoma
title Sister Mary Joseph Nodule in an Ovary Adenocarcinoma
title_full Sister Mary Joseph Nodule in an Ovary Adenocarcinoma
title_fullStr Sister Mary Joseph Nodule in an Ovary Adenocarcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Sister Mary Joseph Nodule in an Ovary Adenocarcinoma
title_short Sister Mary Joseph Nodule in an Ovary Adenocarcinoma
title_sort sister mary joseph nodule in an ovary adenocarcinoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5511528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28790552
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2017.71.154-157
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