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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Hematogenous metastases
Sister Mary Joseph nodule
In medicine, the Sister Mary Joseph nodule or node, also called Sister Mary Joseph sign, refers to a palpable nodule bulging into the umbilicus as a result of metastasis of a malignant cancer in the pelvis or abdomen. Gastrointestinal malignancies account for about half of underlying sources (most commonly gastric cancer, colonic cancer or pancreatic cancer, mostly of the tail and body of the pancreas), and men are even more likely to have an underlying cancer of the gastrointestinal tract. Gynecological cancers account for about 1 in 4 cases. Unknown primary tumors and rarely, urinary or respiratory tract malignancies cause umbilical metastases...
Hematogenous metastases - List of case studies
- Stage I Uterine Leiomyosarcoma
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no evidence of intraperitoneal, retroperitoneal or distant metastases according to the surgical and imaging studies. ... , especially since sarcomas tend to spread via the hematogenous rout and send distant metastasis outside of the operated ...
- Small Cell Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Cervix
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pelvic and PA adenopathy but as yet no evidence of hematogenous metastases . I wish I had a good answer for you. The prognosis for this type ...
- Non Small Cell Lung cancer, Stage 4, S/P Right Pneumonectomy
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ago, on CT a new lymphadenopathy in the mediastinum and hematogenous metastatic spread in left lung was demonstrated. Chemotherapy with ... different from the previous specimen. No other metastases were found anywhere on CT and PET CT. The disease was staged as 3 A ...