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3/8 bilateral mastectomy with expanders placed have been doing great ever since now have a bad pain under my armpit when i move my arm a certain way?
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Ask your: Surgeon if there is possibility of venous thrombophlebitis. He might want to get some tests to confirm or exclude this possibility.
Answered 5/2/2013
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