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A hard umbilical lump
BMJ 2024; 384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076798 (Published 29 February 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;384:e076798
- Harriet Whewell, registrar in surgery,
- Brian M Stephenson, consultant surgeon
- Department of General Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Newport, South Wales, UK
- Correspondence to: B M Stephenson bsfrcsis{at}gmail.com
This is a computed tomography image of the abdomen of a woman in her late 60s who was referred for altered bowel habit, weight loss (2 kg), and a discoloured umbilical lump (fig 1, arrow). The mass had developed over nine …
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