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Case Reports
. 2011 Jul-Aug;86(4 Suppl 1):S118-20.
doi: 10.1590/s0365-05962011000700031.

Sister Mary Joseph's nodule: a sign of internal malignancy

Walter Augusto Pereira  1 , Caio Rosa Humaire, Camila Simon Silva, Lucia Helena Gomes Fernandes
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Sister Mary Joseph's nodule: a sign of internal malignancy

Walter Augusto Pereira et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2011 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

The umbilicus can be affected by various skin diseases including metastasis of internal malignancies, at which point it is known as Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule. The authors report a case of Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule as the first sign of internal malignancy and highlight the importance for the dermatologist to recognize the condition.

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