A special discovery of pancreatic adenocarcinoma by Sister Marie Joseph’s Nodule: what is the prognosis? | Chaouch | Clinical Surgery Research Communications

A special discovery of pancreatic adenocarcinoma by Sister Marie Joseph’s Nodule: what is the prognosis?

Mohamed Ali Chaouch, Asma Chaouch, Karim Nacef, Moez Boudokhane

Abstract


Cutaneous metastases of visceral tumours are uncommon and might have umbilical and/or extra umbilical locations. The umbilical location, also named "Nodule of Sister Marie-Joseph" among 7 to 9% are secondary to a pancreatic tumour. In this article, we reported a case of a 50-years-old man presenting pancreatic cancer discovered by umbilical nodules and weight loss noticed 3 months earlier treated by palliative chemotherapy. We report this case of rare presentation of cutaneous metastases of pancreatic disease to insist on its bad prognosis level.

Keywords: Cutaneous metastasis; pancreatic cancer; chemotherapy; nodule of Sister Mary Joseph




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