Lymphocele

brush_buster

Just got diagnosed with lymphocele today 3 months after surgery. Anyone else dealt with this? If so, please share your experience so I'll know what to expect.

Thanks,

David

jc5549

sorry to hear this. Are you having pain, leg swelling, or any problems? I assume you had a robotic procedure. These can occur with more frequency than you may expect in men who had node dissections. May I ask what lead to the imaging that diagnosed the lymphocele?

This paper from 2012 suggests a 3-14% rate of occurrence although it may be higher because men are not always imaged after surgery.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3355695/

Hope this helps

jc

brush_buster

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1719808#Comment_1719808

I was having some lower abdomen pain and my urine smell was strong. Figured I had a bladder infection or UTI. When the primary care doctor was pushing on my abdomen he hit a spot that had me nearly jump off the table. He suspected appendicitis so he sent me in for a CT scan. After the scan they thought it was a abscess. My surgeon got the scan and report then diagnosed lymphocele.

jc5549

Understand. I imagine if your feels it is the that’s the cause of your may have it drained or do a more definitive procedure robotically where they create a window to open it up and let it drain.