Sister Mary Joseph’s Nodule as the Sole Presenting Feature of Disseminated Squamous Cell Cancer of the Esophagus: A Rare Case

Wijekoon, N. S.; Samarasekera, D. N.

dc.contributor.author	Wijekoon, N. S.
dc.contributor.author	Samarasekera, D. N.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-08-16T06:39:26Z
dc.date.available	2021-08-16T06:39:26Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.identifier.citation	Wijekoon, N. S., & Samarasekera, D. N. (2007). Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule as the sole presenting feature of disseminated squamous cell cancer of the esophagus: a rare case. Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, 38(2), 99-101.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/5749
dc.description.abstract	Umbilical nodule due to tumor metastasis is a rare presentation which is known as Sister Joseph’s nodule. This is usually due to disseminated intra abdominal malignancies which are mostly adenocarcinomas. Esophageal squamous cell cancer commonly presents with progressive dysphagia, and it usually metastasizes to liver, lungs, bones, and regional lymph nodes; however, spreading to the umbilicus is an extremely rare occurrence. In this paper, we report a 77-year-old man presenting with a painful umbilical nodule as the only presenting feature of disseminated, poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer-Verlag	en_US
dc.subject	Sister Joseph’s nodule	en_US
dc.subject	esophageal cancer	en_US
dc.title	Sister Mary Joseph’s Nodule as the Sole Presenting Feature of Disseminated Squamous Cell Cancer of the Esophagus: A Rare Case	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US