Breast clip not found after mastectomy

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Stephmoen
Stephmoen Member Posts: 563
edited August 2016 in Surgery - Before, During, and After
Breast clip not found after mastectomy
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  • Stephmoen
    Stephmoen Member Posts: 563
    edited October 2015

    Has anyone else had an issue with not finding the biopsy clip after bReast tissue is removed? I had neoadjuvant chemo results show no residual cancer just scaring but the clip wasn't found having mammogram Friday to see if clip is still in me surgeon doesn't know how it could be possible since she removed all tissue confused and upset

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  • MusicLover
    MusicLover Member Posts: 4,225
    edited October 2015

    Did they do a mammogram of your breast after placing the clip? If so, I would ask them to review that mammogram again. This is the only thing I can think of, if they don't have a picture of the clip maybe the clip wasn't really placed? I wish I had better advice.

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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited October 2015

    steph - the marker can move, this happened to a friend of mine after a biopsy. She did not have breast cancer and so her breast is intact but the marker never shows upon her annual mammogram. Here is a link to another thread on the same subject.

    https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/83/topic/...

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  • Stephmoen
    Stephmoen Member Posts: 563
    edited October 2015

    I guess I just wonder where it could move to if they removed all my bReast tissue and it wasn't found should I celebrate and be happy that no residual cancer was found and that I had a pcR or think she didn't get the tumor out ugh I have had issues with every step of this cancer process ijust want it to be over

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  • Stephmoen
    Stephmoen Member Posts: 563
    edited October 2015

    yes I did have a mammogram right after clip was placed and it was in the correct spot

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  • Larkspur
    Larkspur Member Posts: 88
    edited October 2015

    Mine disappeared somewhere during the lumpectomy. As my surgeon told me, in her cheerful smiling way, "well, you lost a lot of blood,so it probably got washed out."

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  • Stephmoen
    Stephmoen Member Posts: 563
    edited October 2015

    interesting you say that larkspur I also lost a lot of blood during surgery to the point where I had to get a blood transfusion after surgery so maybe that's what happened? It's not very reassuring though and frustrating

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  • Larkspur
    Larkspur Member Posts: 88
    edited October 2015

    Stephmoen, I suspect that clip disappearance via blood loss is more common than our doctors like to let us know.

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  • rsraloha
    rsraloha Member Posts: 3
    edited October 2015

    My wife is going through the same thing right now, two clips were placed during the biospy, one marking a suspicious area that was not sampled since it was close to the skin, that clip is missing.

    Mid surgery they looked for it, and she's had post surgery xrays that cannot find it.

    She'll be having a CT scan tomorrow to look for it, but the expanders are likely going to create distortion, and could hide it.

    Its created a lot of anxiety for us, one having something missing inside of you, and two not knowing if the tissue that the clip marked was taken.

    Our team seems to be doing everything they can to be sure it is not inside of her, hopefully they are doing the same for you

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  • Stephmoen
    Stephmoen Member Posts: 563
    edited October 2015

    it's an uneasy feeling the hard part for me is the fact I had neoadjuvant chemo I had a mammogram done last week that showed no clip I would think if it was still there it would have showed up so I am satisfied please let me know how your wife's ct scan turns out

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  • Pakman
    Pakman Member Posts: 2
    edited July 2016

    Can they do radiation if the clip is still in there?

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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited August 2016

    The clips are very small. Could of escaped during mastectomy. They should have done a mammogram after placement to verify. I have one in me now, after my biopsy they place it. They say it can just stay there it won't hurt me. Turned out my biopsy was b9.

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