January 27, 2022
Sister Mary Joseph Nodule: Famous Medical Term Has a Connection to Mayo Clinic
By Advancing the Science contributor
As a research trainee in the Department of Neurosurgery, Thirusivapragas (Siva) Subramaniam, M.B.B.S., had long known that a small lump near a patient’s belly button can indicate certain types of cancer. While the term for this clinical finding – Sister Mary Joseph Nodule – is standard throughout the world, the story behind the name is less well […]
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