Abstract

LEON ALVAREZ, Jorge Luis et al. Sister María José" nodule in giant ovary tumor. Rev cubana med [online]. 2010, vol.49, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-302X.

This is the case of a patient presenting with a large abdominal tumor and umbilical nodule. The fine-needle aspiration cytology confirmed the presence of a metastatic lesion due to adenocarcinoma with a high degree papillary areas and it joined to clinics and remainder researches allowed to establish the presence of ovarian neoplasm in liver, spleen and ganglia. We concluded that in the face of a clinical finding of an umbilical ganglion, it is necessary to take a sample for histological study allowing the diagnosis and the therapeutical behavior.

Keywords : Sentinel node; ovarian tumor; umbilical nodule.

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