| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3969540 | Progresos de Obstetricia y Ginecología | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Umbilical cutaneus metastases, also termed Sister Mary Joseph's node, is a very uncommon sign and it has poor prognosis. It is asociated with malignant intraabdominal tumours and, in some cases is the only manifestation of internal malignancie. The most frequently cancer associated are gastrointestinal cancer, and secondly gynaecological cancers. Despite it's most common histology is adenocarcinoma, we present, in this article, a case report of a seventy years old woman with an squamous cervical cancer and with a diagnostic of sindromic umbilical metastases.
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Authors
Ainhoa Becerro Cortizas, Marisa Ávila Calle, Iurdana Aizpitarte Gorrochategui, Irene Amat Villegas,