Mammograms pick up swelling due to COVID-19 vaccine, causing unnecessary fear, radiologists say

Huntsville Hospital doctor says coronavirus vaccine is causing swollen lymph nodes to appear on mammograms

Swollen lymph nodes after getting the coronavirus vaccine are normal. Nodes are responding to the vaccine and building antibodies.

Mammograms pick up lymph node swelling related to the coronavirus vaccine

Some women receiving COVID-19 vaccines have seen swelling in their lymph nodes that has been picked up by mammograms.

Radiologists report COVID-19 vaccine causing swelling on mammograms

Radiologists around the country are noting a potential after-effect of the COVID-19 vaccine: swelling in lymph nodes under the armpit that are showing up on mammograms.

Mammograms pick up swelling due to COVID-19 vaccine, causing unnecessary fear, radiologists say

Unusual swelling caused by COVID-19 vaccines are being picked up on routine mammograms and other scans, American radiologists say.

Mammograms pick up swelling due to COVID-19 vaccine, causing unnecessary fear, radiologists say

(CNN) — When she found a lump in her left breast during a routine self-check, Boston primary care physician Dr. Devon Quasha knew exactly what to do. She immediately scheduled a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital for early January.Then the Moderna vaccine became available to health care professionals in the city. She received her first Covid-19 shot about a week before her scheduled mammogram.Quasha didn’t noti…

Mammograms pick up swelling due to Covid-19 vaccine, causing unnecessary fear, radiologists say

When she found a lump in her left breast during a routine self-check, Boston primary care physician Dr. Devon Quasha knew exactly what to do. She immediately scheduled a diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital for early January.Then the Moderna vaccine became available to health care professionals in the city. She received her first Covid-19 shot about a week before her scheduled mammogram.Quasha didn’t notice much …