Sister Mary Joseph and her nodule: Historical and clinical perspective

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 337, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-273

  Abu Hilal, Mohannad ^a   Newman, James S ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Mayo; Sister Mary Joseph; Sister Mary Joseph nodule; Umbilical metastases

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; NURSE; PELVIC DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SISTER MARY JOSEPH NODULE; SURGEON; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; UMBILICUS; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS TUMOR;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; EPONYMS; HISTORY OF NURSING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; UMBILICUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549170031     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181954187     Document Type: Review

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