Sister mary joseph's nodule: A case of umbilical cutaneous metastasis with signet ring cell histology.
Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
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2009 Sept-Oct; 75(5): 503-505
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ABSTRACT
The metastasis of a visceral malignancy to the umbilicus is known as "Sister Mary Joseph's nodule". It is a rare clinical sign indicating advanced, metastasizing intraabdominal cancer. We report a 50-year-old man who developed metastatic skin cancer in the form of semicircular indurated plaque on top of which was a firm mobile rounded nodule at the umbilical area. Histopathological examination demonstrated diastase-resistant periodic acid-Schiff and mucicarmine positive signet ring cells, suggesting gastric carcinoma. Immunohistochemical staining showed that these cells were positive for cytokeratins and epithelial membrane antigen, suggesting epithelial origin.
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Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
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2009
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