Umbilical tumours. A case report and review of the literature.
A patient presented with a bleeding umbilical ulcer which was found to be a metastasis from an ovarian carcinoma. The details are presented, as well as a discussion on the significance and incidence of primary and secondary umbilical tumours.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000473:pathology