Sister Mary Joseph's nodule is an umbilical metastasis originating from intra-abdominal or intrapelvic malignant disease. First reported in 1864,1 it was named after an American nursing Sister who ...

A 44-year-old man presented with a painless umbilical nodule 2 cm in diameter (Figure). ... Sister Mary Joseph Nodule. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2019; 116: 798. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0798.

One of these, Dr Baumgardt notes, is an umbilical hernia, ... Medusa's head (left) and Sister Mary Joseph nodule (right) are two rare conditions that form in or around the belly button.