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. 2017:41:105-106.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.10.016. Epub 2017 Oct 17.

Umbilical metastasis mimicking symptomatic hernia: Report of a case of Sister Mary Joseph Syndrome

Giovanni Cestaro  1 , Marco De Monti  2 , Suleyman Alkayyali  2 , Fabrizio Fasolini  2 , Francesco Salmoiraghi  2
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Umbilical metastasis mimicking symptomatic hernia: Report of a case of Sister Mary Joseph Syndrome

Giovanni Cestaro et al. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017.

Abstract

Introduction: An umbilical mass can be the first symptom of an intra-abdominal neoplasia, and this condition is also defined as Sister Mary Joseph Syndrome.

Case presentation: An eighty-year-old patient presented with a complicated umbilical hernia. CT scan abdomen revealed a pancreatic neoplasm and an umbilical biopsy confirmed diagnosis of metastasis. Patient started chemotherapy by Oncologists.

Conclusions: In this paper the Authors suggest a histopathological evaluation of umbilical fat in all cases of newly emerging umbilical hernia in the adult population.

Keywords: Case report; Pancreatic neoplasm; Sister Mary Joseph syndrome; Umbilical metastasis.

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Contrast imaging CT Scan: umbilical fat hernia.
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Contrast imaging CT Scan: 4.5 cm diameter cystic-solid mass localized in pancreatic tail.
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