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| Umbilical metastasis as a primary presentation in carcinoma rectum: A case report | ||||||
| Syed Altaf1, Kapil Dev2, Jaiprakash Gurawalia2, Shiva Kumar2 | ||||||
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1Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore.
2Mch student, Department of Surgical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. | ||||||
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| Altaf S, Dev K, Gurawalia J, Kumar S. Umbilical metastasis as a primary presentation in carcinoma rectum: A case report. Int J Case Rep Images 2017;8(3):201–204. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Sister Mary Joseph nodule refers to periumbilical metastatic lesion and is an indicator of advanced intra-abdominal malignancy. It can be smooth, non-ulcerated or ulcerated and necrotic mass with or without blood, mucinous, serous or purulent discharge. It can appear before the diagnosis of the primary lesion or during or after the definitive treatment.
Case Report: A 39-year-old man presented with a two-month history of painful swelling over the umbilicus. On workup, umbilical nodule was diagnosed as metastatic adenocarcinoma with a primary lesion in mid rectum. Conclusion: Sister Mary Joseph nodule is a thumbprint of disseminated and advanced disease that requires an aggressive combined treatment in every individual instance and bears poor prognosis. | |
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Keywords:
Carcinoma rectum, Metastatic adenocarcinoma, Sister Mary Joseph nodule
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Author Contributions
Syed Altaf – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Kapil Dev – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Jaiprakash Gurawalia – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Shiva Kumar – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© 2017 Syed Altaf et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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