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Ovarian Cancer Was Discovered in Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule

INTRODUCTION: Sister Mary Joseph's nodule (SMJN) is a rare illness characterized by an umbilical mass caused by tumor metastases in the abdomen or pelvis. The most common main site of SMJN in women is ovarian cancer. Case Presentation. A 73-year-old woman with no pathological history came to ou...

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Autores principales: Kouira, Mouna, Bannour, Imen, Ben Abdesslem, Mohammed Raouf, Abdessayed, Nihed, Bannour, Badra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9259374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35813004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5131705
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author Kouira, Mouna
Bannour, Imen
Ben Abdesslem, Mohammed Raouf
Abdessayed, Nihed
Bannour, Badra
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description INTRODUCTION: Sister Mary Joseph's nodule (SMJN) is a rare illness characterized by an umbilical mass caused by tumor metastases in the abdomen or pelvis. The most common main site of SMJN in women is ovarian cancer. Case Presentation. A 73-year-old woman with no pathological history came to our emergency room with a one-month history of umbilicus enlargement. A 9-centimeter uncomfortable umbilical swelling with hard consistency was discovered during a clinical examination. An ovarian tumor with several local expansions was seen on an abdominal CT scan. It was linked to peritoneal metastases, one of which extends via a supraumbilical hernial orifice and into intestinal tissues in the same hernia sac. The umbilical tumor was removed from the patient. A moderately differentiated serous carcinoma with ovarian origin was identified in a periumbilical site on histological testing. CONCLUSION: The presence of an SMJN is a rare but significant issue that clinicians must examine because it is associated with a bad prognosis. Early detection and diagnosis of the original lesion can lead to more effective treatment and a higher rate of survival.
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spelling pubmed-92593742022-07-07 Ovarian Cancer Was Discovered in Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule Kouira, Mouna Bannour, Imen Ben Abdesslem, Mohammed Raouf Abdessayed, Nihed Bannour, Badra Case Rep Med Case Report INTRODUCTION: Sister Mary Joseph's nodule (SMJN) is a rare illness characterized by an umbilical mass caused by tumor metastases in the abdomen or pelvis. The most common main site of SMJN in women is ovarian cancer. Case Presentation. A 73-year-old woman with no pathological history came to our emergency room with a one-month history of umbilicus enlargement. A 9-centimeter uncomfortable umbilical swelling with hard consistency was discovered during a clinical examination. An ovarian tumor with several local expansions was seen on an abdominal CT scan. It was linked to peritoneal metastases, one of which extends via a supraumbilical hernial orifice and into intestinal tissues in the same hernia sac. The umbilical tumor was removed from the patient. A moderately differentiated serous carcinoma with ovarian origin was identified in a periumbilical site on histological testing. CONCLUSION: The presence of an SMJN is a rare but significant issue that clinicians must examine because it is associated with a bad prognosis. Early detection and diagnosis of the original lesion can lead to more effective treatment and a higher rate of survival. Hindawi 2022-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9259374/ /pubmed/35813004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5131705 Text en Copyright © 2022 Mouna Kouira et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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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Ovarian Cancer Was Discovered in Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule
title Ovarian Cancer Was Discovered in Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule
title_full Ovarian Cancer Was Discovered in Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule
title_fullStr Ovarian Cancer Was Discovered in Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule
title_full_unstemmed Ovarian Cancer Was Discovered in Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule
title_short Ovarian Cancer Was Discovered in Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule
title_sort ovarian cancer was discovered in sister mary joseph's nodule
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9259374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35813004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5131705
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