© 2009 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0718 Journal Compilation © 2009 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Sir, Uterine papillary serous carcinoma (UPSC) was established as a distinct type of endometrial carcinoma by Lauchlan (1) in 1981 and Hendrickson et al. (2) in 1982. UPSC currently constitutes 4% of all endometrial carcinomas and histologically resembles papillary serous adenoca...

Autopsy and Case Reports. ISSN 2236-1960. Copyright © 2014. This is an Open Access article distributed of terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided article is properly cited. Sister Mary Joseph, the superintendent nurse and surgical assistant of Dr. William Mayo at St Mary’...

Sister Mary Joseph nodule is one of the less well-known signs of intra-abdominal metastatic disease. The primary tumor site is nearly always detected because of specific morphologic and immunohistochemical features of the umbilical tumor. We describe a case of a 74-year-old woman with a Sister Mary Joseph nodule, which appeared most likely to be metastatic from a primary serous papillary ovaria...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most dangerous human cancers and will continue to be a major unsolved health problem as we enter the 21(st) century. This is the case despite advances in imaging technology and surgical management. Indeed, 80% to 90% of pancreatic cancers are diagnosed either at the locally advanced or metastatic stage. Cutaneous metastases originating from pancreatic cancer are ...