MaryEllen Locher Breast Center Advises COVID-19 Vaccination Impacts When Routine Mammogram Should Be Scheduled
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Taylor Rowlett, MD, chief of radiology at CHI Memorial
CHI Memorial’s MaryEllen Locher Breast Center is adopting the recommendations of the Society of Breast Imaging for managing axillary adenopathy, changes in size and/or consistency of lymph nodes in the armpit, in patients who have recently received a COVID-19 vaccination.
Some women may have enlarged lymph nodes in the armpit area after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, officials said.
“Broadly, we are seeing a number of women – up to 10 to 15 percent – who will have soreness, tenderness and swelling after receiving the two vaccines currently in use to protect against COVID-19 – Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech,” says Taylor Rowlett, MD, chief of radiology at CHI Memorial.