Sister Mary Jospeh's nodule as initial presentation of carcinoma caecum-case report and literature review

Rajesh Balakrishnan; Md Arifur Rahman; Arunangshu Das; Bidoura Naznin; Qamruzzaman Chowdhury

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2015.073

Sister Mary Jospeh's nodule as initial presentation of carcinoma caecum-case report and literature review

J Gastrointest Oncol. 2015 Dec;6(6):E102-5. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2015.073.

Authors

Rajesh Balakrishnan¹, Md Arifur Rahman¹, Arunangshu Das¹, Bidoura Naznin¹, Qamruzzaman Chowdhury¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oncology, Square Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abstract

Umbilical metastases [Sister Mary Joseph's nodules (SMJN)] are relatively rare and are associated usually with advanced intra-abdominal tumors from the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) or from the gynecological malignancies and they carry poor prognosis. Here we report a case of carcinoma caecum whose initial presentation was with umbilical metastases and a review of literature in relation to the umbilical metastases from colonic tumors.

Keywords: Carcinoma caecum; Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule (SMJN); prognosis; umbilical metastases.

Publication types

Case Reports