title: Adenocarcinoma of the colon presenting with a Sister Mary Joseph's nodule and Trousseau's syndrome.
abstract: We describe an unusual case of colon cancer presenting with two dermatologic manifestations of internal malignancies: Trousseau's syndrome and Sister Mary Joseph's nodule. Trousseau's syndrome is associated with 1 to 11 percent of internal malignancies, while 5 percent of colorectal carcinomas present with cutaneous metastases. Our case highlights the clinical significance of dermatologic signs of occult gastrointestinal malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7878, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000473:pathology*