Skeletal muscle involvment

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Melbourne77
Melbourne77 Member Posts: 12
edited July 2021 in Surgery - Before, During, and After

Good morning!

My mom was diagnosed with IDC this last month and has completed her lumpectomy. The pathology report came back and it states skeletal muscle involved. I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on what this means. She has an post surgery appointment Tuesday but is really nervous about the above verbiage. Thank you

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  • DebAL
    DebAL Member Posts: 877
    edited July 2021

    Hi Melbourne, was your mom's lump closer to her rib area? Mine was and straight down from my armpit. They took a shaving of my pectoralis muscle for clean margins so that's my thought. I'm sure others will chime in too.

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  • Melbourne77
    Melbourne77 Member Posts: 12
    edited July 2021

    Thank you! Yes it was close to the chest wall. Now I understand. I was just worried they didn’t get all the cancer but if she has clear margins then I assume they got it all. Thank you again

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