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Humanos , Feminino , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/complicações , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Pancreáticas/patologia , Metástase Neoplásica/diagnóstico , Metástase Neoplásica/fisiopatologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Cuidados Paliativos/tendências , Cuidados Paliativos , Tomografia Computadorizada de Emissão/instrumentação , Tomografia Computadorizada de Emissão/métodos , Imuno-Histoquímica/métodos , Neoplasias Epiteliais e Glandulares/complicaçõesRESUMO
We report the case of an 85-year-old female patient who presented with umbilical pain associated with an indurated growth, the whole being apparently consistent with incarcerated umbilical hernia, which prompted an urgent surgical procedure for its removal. The pathology study revealed dermal infiltration by a malignancy. Gland tumor cells expressed an immunohistochemical profile initially consistent with a pancreatic origin. In view of these findings a CT scan was performed, which revealed a pancreatic tail tumor as well as multiple hepatic metastasis. Skin metastasis is a rare sign usually reflecting a carcinoma of unknown origin. Umbilical skin metastasis, called Sister Mary Joseph´s nodule, reflect an intra-abdominal tumor, being pancreatic cancer strange.
