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Annabelle
9 years agoMember
Freaking out. Internal mammary node
Hi guys, Did anyone have internal mammary node involvement?? I have one suspicious one and I'm terrified about this. Googling has made me feel worse. Some people can have it removed but its more tr...
Jacqui_p
9 years agoMember
Hi Annabelle, my second sentinel node was an internal mammary node. The surgeon tried to get to it in my mastectomy surgery but couldn't as it was behind my rib. I've always worried about that especially as my underarm sentinel node had a micro-met. About a year later I got a second opinion from an oncologist and he said my surgeon did the right thing. He said most surgeons wouldn't even attempt to remove an internal mammary node as it is too risky. So try and not worry about it. Your chemo should have mopped anything up if it was there.