Sister mary joseph's nodule: An important physical finding
Abstract
Author(s): Parit Cai*, Joviale Christelle Maffo, Mbachan Masoeli Takere and Elroy Patrick Weledji
Background: Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule is a rare but important physical pending as it is a sign of an advanced stage of malignancy.
Case presentation: This is a case of an apparently clinically well but immune- deficient 62-year-old African woman whose main complaint was an enlarging violaceous discharging umbilical nodule. A focused history and physical examination complemented by an abdominal Computerized Tomography (CT) scan was sug-gestive of an umbilical cutaneous manifestation (Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule) of an underlying disseminated ovarian malignancy. This was confirmed histologically by an excision biopsy of the umbilical nodule.
Conclusion: Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule is an important differential diagnosis for an umbilical nodular lesion as it is a sign of advanced malignancy with a generally poor prognosis.
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Prof. Elhadi Miskeen
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Faculty of Medicine, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed Hussien Alshewered
University of Basrah College of Medicine, Iraq
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Sudhakar Tummala
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering SRM University – AP, Andhra Pradesh
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Alphonse Laya
Supervisor of Biochemistry Lab and PhD. students of Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemis
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Fava Maria Giovanna
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