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The weird size of the woman coming out of her navel was a cancer that had spread from her pelvis
- An unnamed woman went to the Spanish hospital when the size reached 2 cm
- Analyzes later revealed that she was also suffering from a tumor of 11 x 11 cm in the pelvis.
- A red nodule, called Sister Mary Joseph's nodule, can occur with ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer was diagnosed in a 73-year-old woman after a strange red ball escaped her belly button.
The woman – who was not named – went to the hospital when the "umbilical nodule" became painful and reached 2 cm over four months.
Analyzes later revealed that she was also suffering from an 11 x 11 cm tumor in the pelvis, which had spread to the belly button.
The red bump – known as Sister Mary Joseph's nodule – can occur with ovarian cancer, but it is "relatively rare," doctors said.
The patient, originally from Spain, has fully recovered after undergoing chemotherapy and surgery to remove the mass.
Ovarian cancer was diagnosed in a 73-year-old woman after a strange red ball escaped her belly button (photo). He became taller in four months and started bleeding
The unnamed patient underwent scans of her abdomen. The top arrow points to the red size – known as Sister Mary Joseph's nodule – in the belly button. The lower arrows show a tumor of 11 x 11 cm – 9.5 cm deep – in the pelvis. She was later diagnosed with cancer
The woman went to A & E two days after the bump in her belly began to bleed.
She was treated by Dr. Javier Barambio, a specialist in general surgery and digestive system at Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital in Madrid.
During the examination, the nodule was painful and firm to the touch, doctors wrote in a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The tests revealed a pelvic mass – 9.5 cm deep – as well as fluids in his abdomen and cancerous cells in his peritoneum.
The peritoneum is a thin layer of tissue that lines the inside of the abdomen and its organs, such as the liver.
Sister Mary Joseph's nodule biopsies and pelvic mass confirmed that the patient had ovarian cancer.
Dr. Barambio told Live Science that she was now free from the disease and in good health.
A nodule of Sister Mary Joseph protrudes from the belly button and may be a sign of severe or metastatic cancer, according to Stanford Medicine.
It is most likely to occur with gastrointestinal forms – such as the intestines or pancreas – or gynecological – such as ovarian and uterine forms -.
The cause of the nodule is unclear, but it is thought that the cancer cells spread to the navel through the peritoneum, lymphatic system or circulation.
It is also unclear to what extent the size is common, it is usually a sign of advanced cancer of poor prognosis.
The nodule is named after the American nurse Sister Mary Joseph, who reported it for the first time in 1929.
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