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Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule that originated from lung adenocarcinoma

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Umbilical metastasis of cancer, known as Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule (SMJN), is a rare phenomenon. It is usually due to intraabdominal malignancies and is quite rare from lung cancer. Here we describe a case of SMJN that originated from advanced lung adenocarcinoma. SMJN should be noted as an important sign of some hidden malignancy including lung cancer.

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  1. Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Tottori University Hospital, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori, 683-8504, Japan

    Tomohiro Haruki, Hiroshige Nakamura, Yasuaki Kubouchi, Yuji Taniguchi, Ken Miwa, Yoshin Adachi & Shinji Fujioka

  2. Division of Organ Pathology, Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan

    Tomohiro Haruki & Hisao Ito

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Haruki, T., Nakamura, H., Kubouchi, Y. et al. Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule that originated from lung adenocarcinoma. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 59, 212–215 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-010-0637-4

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