Case for diagnosis: umbilical metastasis of pancreatic carcinoma (Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule).
A 56-year-old man was hospitalized with a history of diffuse abdominal pain. Cutaneous examination revealed an erythematous to violaceous, infiltrative nodule of the umbilicus. Histologic examination demonstrated poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Abdominal tomography showed advanced pancreatic cancer with metastatic involvement of the liver and the diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma with umbilical metastasis -- Sister Mary Joseph's nodule.
Colla
Themis Getsos
TG
Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. themiscolla@hotmail.com
Lovatto
Louise
L
Duquia
Rodrigo Pereira
RP
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000473:pathology*