Abstract

GOMEZ, Martín Alonso; RIVEROS, Javier Humberto  and  MARULANDA FERNANDEZ, Hernando. The Sister Mary Joseph Nodule, a Semiological Finding that Should not Be Forgotten. Case Report with Video. Rev Col Gastroenterol [online]. 2019, vol.34, n.1, pp.76-78. ISSN 0120-9957.  https://doi.org/10.22516/25007440.359.

We present the case of a patient with upper gastrointestinal bleeding for whom the Sister Mary Joseph nodule was documented during the physical examination. Later, advanced gastric cancer was confirmed by means of digestive endoscopy and histopathological studies.

Keywords : Polyp; ball valve; intestinal obstruction; polypectomy.

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