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Mammograms pick up lymph node swelling related to the coronavirus vaccine

By Michael Lee
Published March 2, 2021 9:03pm ET
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Mammograms pick up lymph node swelling related to the coronavirus vaccine
A lab technician working a bottle containing for COVID-19 vaccine testing at Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 25, 2020. Thai health officials said that scientists in Thailand have had promising results in testing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on mice, and have begun testing on monkeys. | (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

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

“You have lymph nodes above and below your collarbone,” Dr. Devon Quasha said of her experience with the side effect, according to CNN. “You don’t want to feel those. It was scary when I felt it.”

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