title: Sister Mary Joseph nodule from metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Metastatic lesions of the umbilicus are more common than primary malignancies and are commonly referred to as Sister Mary Joseph nodules. Most arise from the stomach or the female genital tract. We describe an unusual case of renal cell carcinoma with peritoneal implants producing a Sister Mary Joseph nodule diagnosed by CT. To our knowledge, no report of a urinary tract malignancy with umbilical involvement has been described in the radiological literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Middlebrook
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sandler
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging