[A woman with a bleeding umbilical nodule]

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This case study describes a 39-year-old woman whose bleeding umbilical nodule was diagnosed via punch biopsy as cutaneous endometriosis, not a Sister Mary Joseph's nodule.

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Abstract

A 39-year-old woman was referred to the Dermatology outpatient clinic with a bleeding umbilical nodule. A Sister Mary Joseph's nodule - an ominous sign of periumbilical cutaneous metasasis - was in the differential diagnosis. However, punch biopsy of the nodule revealed cutaneous endometriosis.

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Condition tags

endometriosis

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Hemorrhage Adult Biopsy Diagnosis, Differential Endometriosis Female Hemorrhage Humans Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule Umbilicus Umbilicus

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europepmc
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