Sister Mary Joseph's nodule in a patient with metastatic small cell lung cancer

Sushil Ghimire; Smith Giri; Ranjan Pathak; Mike G Martin

doi:10.3402/jchimp.v5.27388

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives (Jun 2015)

Sister Mary Joseph's nodule in a patient with metastatic small cell lung cancer

Sushil Ghimire,
Smith Giri,
Ranjan Pathak,
Mike G Martin

Affiliations

Sushil Ghimire: Department of Internal Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA
Smith Giri: Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
Ranjan Pathak: Department of Internal Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA
Mike G Martin: Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v5.27388
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 0
pp. 1 – 2

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We present a case of 56-year-old male with small cell carcinoma of the lung with metastatic tumor nodule of the umbilicus. To our knowledge, this is only the second reported case of small cell lung cancer associated with Sister Mary Joseph's nodule.

Published in Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives

ISSN: 2000-9666 (Online)
Publisher: Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine
Website: https://scholarlycommons.gbmc.org/jchimp/

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