[The Sister Joseph's nodule-like manifestation of carcinoma of unknown origin: presentation of one case]

J M Rodríguez; O Sanz Peláez; L Santana; A Rey; S Suárez Ortega; P Betancor León

doi:10.4321/s0212-71992005000600008

[The Sister Joseph's nodule-like manifestation of carcinoma of unknown origin: presentation of one case]

An Med Interna. 2005 Jun;22(6):285-7. doi: 10.4321/s0212-71992005000600008.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

J M Rodríguez¹, O Sanz Peláez, L Santana, A Rey, S Suárez Ortega, P Betancor León

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

PMID: 16011409
DOI: 10.4321/s0212-71992005000600008

Abstract

The Sister Joseph's nodule represents an umbilical cutaneous metastasis. It is related to one intraabdominal neoplasia habitually. We presents a 71-year-old male, with the Sister Joseph's nodule, detected in the context of unknown origin carcinoma. The fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the Sister Joseph's nodule showed carcinoma. We comments the usefulness diagnosis of this clinical sign and the poor prognosis that it represents.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
Aged
Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Humans
Male
Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / pathology*
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms / secondary*
Umbilicus* / pathology