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What is Sister Mary Joseph nodule of the umbilicus?

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What is Sister Mary Joseph nodule of the umbilicus?

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This eponymous term refers to secondary cancer (metastasis) appearing in the umbilicus, usually spreading from advanced peritoneal adenocarcinoma. The name first was used in Hamilton Bailey’s textbook of surgery in 1949.

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