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Sister Mary Joseph's nodule
Author(s) -
Goodheart Ross S.,
Cooke Clive T.,
Tan Eric,
Matz Leonard R.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb113881.x
Subject(s) - umbilicus (mollusc) , sister , nodule (geology) , metastasis , ovarian carcinoma , extension (predicate logic) , medicine , art , anatomy , pathology , ovarian cancer , biology , cancer , computer science , law , paleontology , programming language , political science
A case of ovarian carcinoma that spread to the umbilicus and resulted in Sister Mary Joseph's nodule is described in which the mode of metastasis can be demonstrated. To our knowledge, this is the first report of confirmed contiguous extension from the peritoneal surface.