Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule as a First Sign of Cancer of the Cecum: Report of a Case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-117

  Gabriele, Raimondo ^a   Borghese, Mario ^a   Conte, Marco ^a   Basso, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cecum cancer; Sister Mary Joseph; Umbilical metastasis

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CECUM CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CECAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0347992017     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-003-0018-5     Document Type: Article

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