COVID-19 Vaccine Can Cause False Positive Cancer Diagnosis
COVID-19 Vaccine Can Cause False Positive Cancer Diagnosis Radiologists, physicians and patients need to be aware of vaccination-related lymph node swelling, especially on mammograms A 37-year-old woman developed a new, palpable left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy lump five days after her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the left arm. On the day of vaccination, the patient was asymptomatic. This is an example of how the vaccine can mimic cancer and swollen lymph nodes. Read more about this case study. Image used with permission of RSNA. While the mass COVID-19 vaccination effo...