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Celiac Artery Aneurysm: Anyone else with same illness?
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Greetings ... I'm virtually sure I didn't post this in the right place, but I was recently diagnosed with a 1.5mm celiac artery aneurysm that was coincidentally found by CAT scan for an unrelated blood vessel rupture in the top of my left lung that produced quite a lot of bright red blood while coughing. They did an emergency bronchotomy and repair the leak. And now I'm left with the knowledge of the CAA. In shock after reading up on the disorder. This was all at University California San Diego hospital in Hillcrest, San Diego, 92103. Confused and worried. Thank you, Andreas.
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I too diagnosed at 1.5 cm. I have found general consensus just watch and wait until it reaches 2.0. Operate at 2.5cm. Many of these don't change at certain point and you may never have to do anything.
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Hello @andreas92103,
That must have been so scary! I’m so glad you reached out to Mayo Clinic Connect – you've found a very supportive community – welcome! Here’s some information about aortic aneurysms:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/aortic-aneurysm/symptoms-causes/syc-20369472
I’d like to invite @annac3 to join this conversation; she recently posted about "Growth rate & genetics - Aortic Aneurysm, Ectasia” https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/growth-rate-genetics/
May I ask what your options are, with regard to treatment, @andreas92103? I can imagine you are worried - what concerns you most about CAA?
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sorry to hear of your issues, but the good thing is they found it.. I have a 1.6cm CAA. What I have found in my research is that the decision to operate is all over the place.. some go in at 1.5, some dr.'s want to wait until is gets upwards of 2.5cm or more.. get some more opinions before doing anything.... at present I'm just living my life as I normally would... I also have no symptoms...