The umbilical metastatic tumoral nodule, Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule, is a rare clinical sign indicative of disseminated intra-abdominal tumor, and may be the first evidence of malignancy. The authors report a case of a patient with umbilical metastatic nodule in whom the diagnosis of the primary tumor was possible by immunohistochemistry of the lesion biopsy.
Fogaça HS, Chagas VLA, Tolentino YFM, Ribeiro VCM, Ximenes LLL. Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule: a warning sign for intra-abdominal malignant tumors. A case report. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2003;25(6):449-52.
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Fogaça, Homero Soares; Chagas, Vera Lúcia Antunes; Tolentino, Yolanda Faia Manhães; Ribeiro, Vinicius Costa de Medeiros; Ximenes, Lia Laura Lewes. Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule: a warning sign for intra-abdominal malignant tumors. A case report. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet, v. 25, n. 6, p. 449-452, Oct. 2003.
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Fogaça, H. S., Chagas, V. L. A., Tolentino, Y. F. M., Ribeiro, V. C. M., & Ximenes, L. L. L. (2003). Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule: a warning sign for intra-abdominal malignant tumors. A case report. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet, 25(6), 449-452.
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Fogaça, Homero Soares and Chagas, Vera Lúcia Antunes and Tolentino, Yolanda Faia Manhães and Ribeiro, Vinicius Costa de Medeiros and Ximenes, Lia Laura Lewes. Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule: a warning sign for intra-abdominal malignant tumors. A case report. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet [online]. 2003, vol. 25, n. 6, [cited 2024-06-28], pp.449-452. Available from: <https://journalrbgo.org/article/sister-mary-josephs-nodule-a-warning-sign-for-intra-abdominal-malignant-tumors-a-case-report/>.
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