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Sister Joseph's Nodule and pneumatosis: a rare presentation of ovarian cancer.

Postma VA, Engelbrecht MR, de Rooy JW, Nagtegaal ID, Wobbes T

Department of Surgical Oncology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, The Netherlands. V.Postma@chir.umcn.nl

BACKGROUND: The condition of pneumatosis intestinalis is characterized by gas in the intestinal wall, with a variety of causes. CASE: A septic patient with intestinal pneumatosis, locally advanced ovarian cancer, and Sister Joseph's Nodule. CONCLUSION: The clinical significance of this rare combination of symptoms and signs is discussed.

Published 24 October 2005 in Gynecol Oncol, 99(2): 517-8.
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