Swollen lymph nodes and lumps under the armpit, doctors say, are a side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine. The job of the lymph node is to actually have the response to the vaccine and create antibodies that will protect us, if we got the virus, said Allegheny Health Network Dr. Robin Sobolewski. Their job is to enlarge and work overtime so that s a normal response. Pam Lynn never experienced swollen lymph nodes, but she said her mammogram, four days after her second dose of the vaccine, showed an abnormality. I get a phone call saying there were some abnormalities, which is scary, and it s on your left side and I actually had a history of breast cancer on that side, so I was doubly unsettled, said Lynn.Lynn said she waited weeks for a sonogram, where doctors realized that swelling found on the images, was the result of the vaccine. The Society of Breast Imaging is warning that this side effect could mimic symptoms of breast cancer and they are recommending that screening exams
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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.