[Diagnostic image (85). A man with ileus and an umbilical nodule. Sister Mary Joseph's nodule].
A 77-year-old man was admitted with an ileus. At physical examination a nodule was observed in the umbilicus, 'Sister Mary Joseph's nodule'. At laparotomy, this turned out to be a metastasis of obstructing left-sided colonic cancer.
de Zoete
J P J G M
JP
Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Chirurgie, Postbus 5800, 6202 AZ Masstricht. jpdzoete@knmg.nl
Dejong
C H C
CH
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000473:pathology*