Umbilical metastasis mimicking symptomatic hernia: Report of a case of Sister Mary Joseph Syndrome
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INTRODUCTION An umbilical mass can be the first symptom of an intra-abdominal neoplasia, and this condition is also defined as Sister Mary Joseph Syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION An eighty-year-old patient presented with a complicated umbilical hernia. CT scan abdomen revealed a pancreatic neoplasm and an umbilical biopsy confirmed diagnosis of metastasis. Patient started chemotherapy by Oncologists. CONCLUSIONS In this paper the Authors suggest a histopathological evaluation of umbilical fat in all cases of newly emerging umbilical hernia in the adult population.
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