Pancreatic cancer presenting as a Sister Mary Joseph's nodule: Case report and update of the literature

Pancreas

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-164

  Yendluri, Vimala ^a   Centeno, Barbara ^a   Springett, Gregory M ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cancer; Sister Mary Joseph's nodule; Umbilical metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; ONSET AGE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SISTER MARY JOSEPH NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UMBILICUS;

EID: 33846011457     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000240602.18688.43     Document Type: Article

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