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Sister Joseph's Nodule: A Case Report and Review of the Japanese Literature
Author(s) -
Ishizawa Toshiyuki,
Mitsuhashi Yoshihiko,
Kondo Shigeo,
Watabe Syuichi
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1997.tb02312.x
Subject(s) - umbilicus (mollusc) , nodule (geology) , histopathological examination , medicine , dermis , metastasis , cancer , sister , pathology , lesion , adenocarcinoma , anatomy , biology , paleontology , sociology , anthropology
We report a case of metastatic carcinoma on the umbilicus, which is known as Sister Joseph's nodule. A 65‐year‐old man with the chief complaint of a painful nodule on the umbilicus was refered to our hospital. Histopathological examination revealed moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma in the dermis. Endoscopic examination found gastric cancer of Borrmann type IV. The umbilical lesion represented a metastasis from the gastric cancer. We reviewed 80 cases of metastatic carcinomas to the umbilicus that have been reported in the Japanese literature.