Sister Mary Joseph Nodule as a First and Only Sign of Extraovarian Carcinoma
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Sister Mary Joseph nodule as a first and only sign of extraovarian carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature.
Sister Mary Joseph nodule is one of the less well-known signs of intra-abdominal metastatic disease. The primary tumor site is nearly always detected because of specific morphologic and immunohistochemical features of the umbilical tumor. We describe a case of a 74-year-old woman with a Sister Mary Joseph nodule, which appeared most likely to be metastatic from a primary serous papillary ovaria...
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