Sister Mary Joseph Nodule Found As a Cutaneous Manifestation of Metastatic Ovarian Carcinoma: A Case Report

¹Department of Morbid Anatomy and Forensic Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Nigeria

²Department of Morbid Anatomy and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

*Corresponding author: Chigozie C Okongwu, Department of Morbid Anatomy and Forensic Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, Phone: 08065775396, E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]

Received Date: April 13, 2024

Published Date: May 22, 2024

Citation: Okongwu CC, et al. (2024). Sister Mary Joseph Nodule Found As a Cutaneous Manifestation of Metastatic Ovarian Carcinoma: A Case Report. Mathews J Gynecol Obstet. 8(2):36.

Copyrights: Okongwu CC, et al. © (2024).

ABSTRACT

Background: Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule is a medical eponym used for a rare umbilical metastatic lesion presenting as a palpable nodule protruding into the umbilicus resulting from an advanced intra-abdominal and or pelvic malignancy. It is an uncommon but yet significant finding. Case Presentation: We report a 67-year-old woman with imaging findings of a metastatic right ovarian tumor with Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule. A total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, umbilical nodule, and infracolic omentum resections was performed and a histopathology diagnosis of bilateral low-grade ovarian serous papillary cystadenocarcinoma with metastases to the umbilicus and omentum was made. Conclusion: Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule is a rare and often a poor prognostic sign of a disseminated intra-abdominal and or pelvic malignancy. There is a need to consider this lesion as a differential diagnosis of an advanced intra-abdominal and or pelvic malignancy.

Keywords: Papillary Cystadenocarcinoma, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Infracolic Omentectomy, Cholangiocarcinoma.