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    • September 3, 2017 at 2:24 pm
    Jac1211
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      I was diagnosed with In situ in July on right leg. WLE and clear margins. Around the time of surgery I noticed a swollen tender lymph node in the groin. I had a small biopsy site that was infected near lymph and then my WLE got infected and got on antibiotics. Flash forward 6 weeks, I'm all healed but node is still swollen and no longer tender. They've now referred me to an oncologist for a PET scan. Trying to understand how this even happened! Especially given my pathology stated "early evolving melanoma in situ" all very scary and confusing.

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        • September 3, 2017 at 2:36 pm
        Janner
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          Lymph nodes can take a LONG time to return to normal.  And they can stay enlarged forever and not be cancerous – they are called "reactive nodes".  They reacted to some infection/trauma and then they just stay the same size.  I thing the PET scan is pretty much overkill for an in situ especially when this was only 6 weeks ago.  Just consider this "better safe than sorry", but honestly I wouldn't stress much about this.

            • September 3, 2017 at 3:51 pm
            Jac1211
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              Thanks for your response. I'm glad someone else thinks it's over kill as well. But never complaining about having a good doctor who is thorough. Would rather not ignore it. Trying not stress! Thank you again 

               

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