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Celiac Artery Aneurysm: Anyone else with same illness?
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I'm was diagnosed with a Celiac Aneurysm last October of 2017. The aneurysm is 1.3cm (now) and so far they are doing a wait and watch approach. I have had unexplained abdominal pain in the area of my liver for about 3 years all on my right side. I've had tons of tests, Ct scans, etc but no one could figure out what the problem was until I had a simple x-ray due to indigestion which showed something around T-12 in my spine.... So I had another CT scan and they found this aneurysm. My question is this: what's type of pain accompanies this? Mine seems to be like a 24/7 discomfort that is tight and binding and goes from the right side by my sternum under my ribs to my middle back on the right side. It makes my entire right side by my ribs hurt.
The surgeon says this pain/discomfort isn't connected but I see some of you say you had abdominal pain.
Anyway, I live in rural Oregon and have had one follow-up at which time he said the aneurysm went from 1.2 to 1.3 which could just be margin of error.
I'm worried about this pain that everyone wants to dismiss.
Any info on your pain (type, where it was, hour often, etc) would be helpful?
Thank you
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Thank you for your response. The pain is more of a discomfort. I have been to a gastroenterologist, which is where the process of all the testing started. Perhaps, I'll go back to him because this was diagnosed in a different city because I moved. That is a good idea and I thank you for that thought. I'm not concerned about the watch and wait approach... I'm just puzzled that he (the vascular surgeon from Eugene, OR) dismissed this pain that I have. I was wondering if anyone whose had this rare disorder gets this sort of pain.
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@dollylinda - I can understand why surgeon maybe wants to watch and wait with surgery, but the pain has to be explained. You can’t live like that. A gastroenterologist might be better to research the pain. It also happens that pain in abdomen is referred to area different from the origin. I understand it must be hard to see specialists when you live in a rural area. My advice is to go to a major university hospital for your evaluation.