Sister Mary Joseph's nodule originating from endometrial carcinoma incidentally detected during surgery for an umbilical hernia: A case report

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 274, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 385-388

  Piura, Benjamin ^a   Meirovitz, Mihai ^a   Bayme, Michael ^a   Shaco Levy, Ruthy ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Hernia; Metastases; Nodule; Umbilicus; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HERNIA STRANGULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LAPAROTOMY; METASTASIS; OVARY CARCINOMA; PELVIS CANCER; RARE DISEASE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UMBILICAL METASTASIS; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 33748965548     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0189-0     Document Type: Article

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