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Opdivo and lymph node lit up

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    • October 17, 2018 at 11:18 pm
    Ch256706
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      Hi all,

      I am new to post here and have found a lot of great information. I had a mole removed in April 2018 and found out that it was melanoma. The depth was only .6 but I still opted to do the SNB. Despite a 5% chance of spread, one node was positive microscopically. I am currently doing one year of opdivo. On my most recent pet scan, a lymph node on the left side of my neck lit up. My original lymph nodes were removed under my arms. My oncologist does not seem worried and said opdivo can cause inflammation of lymph nodes. I was also just diagnosed with hypothyroidism as a result of the drug. The endocrinologist does not think the lymph node lighting up is related to the thyroid issues which worries me more. Has anyone has a similar issue with nodes lighting up while receiving immunotherapy? Thank you!

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        • October 18, 2018 at 12:31 am
        BillB
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          Have them do a biopsy.

          Bill

          • October 18, 2018 at 11:16 am
          Edwin
          Participant

            I receive Opdivo for melanoma and had a lymph node light up on my April and September PET scans.  An April MRI of my neck showed that this lymph node looked like cancer.   They had no doubt; a biopsy was not necessary.   My oncologist sent me to confer with a surgeon and a radiologist.   None of there doctors mentioned that Opdivo can cause inflammation of lymph nodes.   I had radiation to this cancer.

            You might have a temporary infection in your lymph node.  My December 2017 PET scan showed a temporary infection on my neck.  It went away.

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