Title: Sister Mary Joseph Nodules: A Case Report About A Rare Location Of Skin Metastasis
Authors: A. Benamar
A. El bachir
M.B. Idrissi
M.K.Saoud
N. Mamouni
S. Errarhay
C. Bouchikhi
A.Banani
Volume: 7
Issue: 12
Pages: 120-124
Publication Date: 2023/12/28
Abstract:
Sister Mary Joseph's nodule is an exceptional metastatic site of cancer, often pelvic, with a poor prognosis due to its delayed diagnosis. We report the case of a patient who presented to the Hassan II University Hospital in Fez with a bulging umbilical mass: Sister Mary Joseph's nodule. A biopsy of this nodule was performed with histopathological and immunohistochemical results in favor of a secondary cutaneous localization of a high-grade serous adenocarcinoma of very probable gynecologic origin. Sister Mary Joseph's nodule remains a rare tumor of metastatic origin, most often from a digestive cancer. The prognosis is still very poor, requiring early and systematic screening. This involves a biopsy of any umbilical nodule or mass to determine the nature of the pathological lesion. The aim of our work is to specify the diagnostic difficulties that practitioners face at the clinical, radiological, and pathological stages, particularly in determining the primary origin of this metastasis