Cutaneous metastases of malignant neoplasms are not common, occurring between 0,7 and 9 percent of autopsy evaluations. Those to the umbilicus, also known as Sister Mary Joseph'nodule, are even more rare and represent only 10 percent of all secundaries to the skin. These nodules usually arise from the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract and may represent the first sign of a previously unknown primary tumor. This case demonstrates a Sister Mary Joseph' s nodule caused by an unknown primary cancer od the cecum.
Sister Mary Joseph's nodule from adenocarcinoma of the cecum. Report of a case / Gabriele, Raimondo; Borghese, Mario; Conte, Marco; Basso, Luigi. - In: DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. - ISSN 0012-3706. - 47(1):(2004), pp. 115-117. [10.1007/s10350-003-0018-5]
Sister Mary Joseph's nodule from adenocarcinoma of the cecum. Report of a case.
GABRIELE, Raimondo;BORGHESE, Mario;CONTE, Marco;BASSO, Luigi
2004
Abstract
Cutaneous metastases of malignant neoplasms are not common, occurring between 0,7 and 9 percent of autopsy evaluations. Those to the umbilicus, also known as Sister Mary Joseph'nodule, are even more rare and represent only 10 percent of all secundaries to the skin. These nodules usually arise from the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract and may represent the first sign of a previously unknown primary tumor. This case demonstrates a Sister Mary Joseph' s nodule caused by an unknown primary cancer od the cecum.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
