Sonography of umbilical metastasis (Sister Mary Joseph's nodule): from embryology to imaging - PubMed (original) (raw)

Case Reports

. 2002 Nov-Dec;27(6):746-9.

doi: 10.1007/s00261-002-0018-2.

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Sonography of umbilical metastasis (Sister Mary Joseph's nodule): from embryology to imaging

A S C Ching et al. Abdom Imaging. 2002 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Umbilical metastases are rare occurences. We describe the sonographic features of two cases with an umbilical nodule secondary to metastatic adenocarcinoma. A review of the literature discusses the embryologic and anatomic bases, differential diagnosis, and imaging approach.

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