Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule
It is because of distant metastases to umbilicus. Presence denotes advanced stage of malignancy. It is due to some intra-abdominal or pelvic malignancy.
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Primary use To retract soft tissues and other structures out of surgical field to help the surgeon in visualisation To widen the wound edge... -
Treatment is operative. Perforation is repaired with omentum. -
Sometimes some tissue remains even after the tied stump is dried. The remaining tissue is named as umbilical adenoma. Due to its similarity...
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