Question about sentinel node biopsy and which ones turn blue

seattlemamabear · February 2016

Hi all--question about sentinal node biopsy, after lumpectomy. Had several blue nodes removed---do normal nodes ever turn blue? Getting pathology results back soon but I'm not quite understanding if normal ones sometimes turn blue or if they never turn blue/have increased uptake of that radioactive stuff. I know that the final proof is in the pathology report, but I just wondered if normal ones COULD also turn blue. Make sense?

jbdayton · February 2016

The blue dye will color any sentinel node whether positive or negative. The dye just colors the first nodes the fluid flows through . This allows the surgeon to only remove the blue nodes to minimize the number of nodes needed to be checked. If any of the removed nodes are negative then no more nodes need to be checked. I pray you get great results

seattlemamabear · February 2016

Thanks!

Question about sentinel node biopsy and which ones turn blue

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