title: Metastatic umbilical carcinoma: the Sister Joseph's nodule.
abstract: Metastatic umbilical carcinoma has been referred to by generations of physicians as Sister Joseph's nodule. Though not common, this characteristic lesion is important to recognize and properly evaluate. We present a case of an eighty-two-year-old woman with a Sister Joseph's nodule due to an unknown primary carcinoma, and we review the diagnostic and prognostic features of umbilical metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chaffins
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Balle
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: O G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Rodman
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary; D011379:Prognosis; D014472:Umbilicus