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01-01-2004 | Case Report

Sister Mary Joseph’s Nodule as a First Sign of Cancer of the Cecum: Report of a Case

Authors: Raimondo Gabriele, M.D., Mario Borghese, M.D., Marco Conte, M.D., Luigi Basso, M.D.

Published in: Diseases of the Colon & Rectum | Issue 1/2004

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Cutaneous metastases of malignant neoplasms are not common, occurring between 0.7 and 9 percent of autopsy evaluations.1 Those to the umbilicus, also known as Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule, are even more rare and represent only 10 percent of all secondaries to the skin.2 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 of the cecum. …

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Title: Sister Mary Joseph’s Nodule as a First Sign of Cancer of the Cecum: Report of a Case
Authors: Raimondo Gabriele, M.D.
Mario Borghese, M.D.
Marco Conte, M.D.
Luigi Basso, M.D.
Publication date: 01-01-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Diseases of the Colon & Rectum / Issue 1/2004
Print ISSN: 0012-3706
Electronic ISSN: 1530-0358
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10350-003-0018-5

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