title: Sister Joseph's Nodule and pneumatosis: a rare presentation of ovarian cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The condition of pneumatosis intestinalis is characterized by gas in the intestinal wall, with a variety of causes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A septic patient with intestinal pneumatosis, locally advanced ovarian cancer, and Sister Joseph's Nodule.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical significance of this rare combination of symptoms and signs is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, The Netherlands. V.Postma@chir.umcn.nl
authors.forename: Victor A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Postma
authors.forename: Marc R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Engelbrecht
authors.forename: Jacky W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: de Rooy
authors.forename: Iris D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Nagtegaal
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wobbes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014472:Umbilicus