A Patient with Advanced Gastric Cancer Who Achieved a Long-Term Prognosis by Early Diagnosis of Sister Mary Joseph’s Nodule

A Patient with Advanced Gastric Cancer Who Achieved a Long-Term Prognosis by Early Diagnosis of Sister Mary Joseph’s Nodule

The patient was a 66-year-old woman. An induration of approximately 15 mm in size that accompanied redness was palpable in the umbilical fossa. She did not respond to 1-month antibiotic treatment provided by the previous physician. For this reason, a biopsy of the site was performed with the possibi...

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Main Authors: Shuji Ota, Terunobu Haruyama, Masashi Ishihara, Maika Natsume, Yoko Fukasawa, Takahiko Sakamoto, Shigeru Tanzawa, Ryo Usui, Takeshi Honda, Yasuko Ichikawa, Kiyotaka Watanabe, Yuko Sasajima, Nobuhiko Seki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
Gastric cancer
Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule
Chemotherapy
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/484976

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