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Surprising Twist in the Plot – Sister Mary Joseph’s Nodule of Pancreatic Cancer Mimicking Wound Infection after Umbilical Hernia Repair

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  1. Department of General and Visceral Surgery, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Gudrunstr. 56, 44791, Bochum, Germany

    Andreas M. Luu, K. Meurer, T. Herzog, W. Uhl & C. Braumann

  2. Institute of Pathology, University-Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Buerkle de la Camp Platz 1, 44789, Bochum, Germany

    J. Munding

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Luu, A.M., Meurer, K., Herzog, T. et al. Surprising Twist in the Plot – Sister Mary Joseph’s Nodule of Pancreatic Cancer Mimicking Wound Infection after Umbilical Hernia Repair. J Gastrointest Canc 50, 113–115 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-017-9975-0

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