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Metastatic umbilical carcinoma: the Sister Joseph's nodule
M L Chaffins1, D A Altman, M R Balle
1Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202.
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|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
Metastatic umbilical carcinoma has been referred to by generations of physicians as Sister Joseph's nodule. Though not common, this characteristic lesion is important to recognize and properly evaluate. We present a case of an eighty-two-year-old woman with a Sister Joseph's nodule due to an unknown primary carcinoma, and we review the diagnostic and prognostic features of umbilical metastases.