Has anyone had an intramammary lymph node show up on mammogram?

Intramammary lymph nodes are actually quite common and normal findings that many people have - they're just part of the body's natural lymphatic system within breast tissue. It's completely understandable to have questions when something new appears in a report, even when it's noted as benign. Other community members may have similar experiences to share, and it might be worth discussing with your care team if you'd like more details about what this means for your specific situation.

Hello I too have DCIS thankfully mine was contained and I didn’t have any in my lymph nodes I’ve never heard of intramammary..this makes me nervous does it mean it’s inflamed? My opinion on this and I hope I don’t upset you, is DCIS is a complicated disease and I wouldn’t have known if I didn’t get my 3D mammogram My doctors and what I’ve read is millions of woman are walking around with DCIS without knowing it so why do they treat it so aggressively? I even asked my oncologist if they over treat people who have DCIS of course he said No but I believe they do. I too had a lumpectomy followed by 20 rounds of radiation and now on a AI and it’s made me feel awful 😞 I wish I had the answer you were looking for but I just wanted to share my thoughts for one I’ve never heard of intramammary I would definitely ask questions and advocate for yourself and if you do figure out what that means could you please give me your feedback on that? Thank you and God bless

Thank you. The breast surgeon got back to me and said it is a common finding, not a metastatic finding if the radiologist id’ed it as a lymph node. I am trying to find out when it was first seen. I hope before my DCIS diagnosis. Fyi, I received the same treatments as you. Which AI are you on? I am taking anastrozole

Same Anastrozole but I was having bad bone and joint pain 3 months into taking it so much I cried I called my oncologist and he told me to stop taking it prescribed me Cymbalta which I havent taken because it’s an antidepressant and I don’t do well on them I see him in a couple weeks and I know he’ll try another med…Any suggestions? I’m sure they’re all the same thing with the same side effects I wish I didn’t have to take an AI I don’t know why they even prescribe them as a “preventative” I had it removed, radiation, and a full hysterectomy and I’m 43 I’m on the fence I don’t want to go through that again but my quality of life is important too

My oncologist said if the joint pain continued they would take me off for a month and start another med, an AI, exemestane. She said less bone pain. I am taking claritin which was recommended to me by another patient. It helps. For now i am ok. I don’t want to skip anything that can prevent a recurrence or invasive cancer.