Am J Cancer Res Ther | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Case Series | Open Access

Sister Mary-Joseph's Nodule Revealing a Digestive or Gynecological Carcinoma: About 5 Cases

Tamegnon D^1*, Kokou K¹, Iroukora K², Yendoubé K³, Ayi A⁴, Boyodi T⁴, Komlan A⁴, Fousseni
A⁴, Samadou AA³ and David DE⁴

¹Department of General Surgery, Kara Teaching Hospital, Togo
²Department of General Surgery, Kara-Tomdè Hospital, Togo ³Department of Gynecology, Kara Teaching Hospital, Togo ⁴Department of General Surgery, Sylvanus Olympio of Lomé Teaching Hospital, Togo

^*Correspondance to: Dossouvi Tamegnon 

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Abstract

Sister Mary-Joseph nodule is an umbilical skin metastasis from a malignant tumor of abdominal origin. It is a rare and late clinical sign, indicative of an advanced stage of digestive or ovarian carcinoma. We report five cases of an umbilical skin metastasis revealing a colonic tumor in 3 cases and an ovarian tumor in two cases. Through five cases we want to describe the epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic peculiarities of Sister Mary-Joseph's nodule.

Keywords:

Sister Mary-Joseph nodules; Umbilical metastasis; Computed tomography; Carcinoma biopsy; Togo

Citation:

Tamegnon D, Kokou K, Iroukora K, Yendoubé K, Ayi A, Boyodi T,et al. Sister Mary-Joseph's Nodule Revealing a Digestive or Gynecological Carcinoma: About 5 Cases. Am J Cancer Res Ther. 2021; 1(1): 1003..