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Celiac Artery Aneurysm: Anyone else with same illness?
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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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Thank ou for the gracious reply. The shock is beginning to wear off, primarily regarding how unusual this type of aneurysm is. I was also gobsmacked to learn that if a CAA ruptures, mortiality is pegged at 40%.
I spoke with my GP two days ago, and he informed me the CAA is actually 2.0cm, not 1.5cm, and I inferred their attitude is to take a wait-and-see approach and have a CAT scan every 9-12 months. I have very good insurance so there shouldn't be a problem with this schedule of investigation, which I'm grateful for. If it goes to 2.5-3.0cm, I'm going to advocate lilke h*ll to have surgery. I simply cannot live (no pun intended) with a 40% mortality rate.
Oh, and as a quick footnote, on top of the urgent broken blood vessel in the lung finding out about this CAA, I get to have a kidney biopsy next month because I'm in State 3 renal failure. Hurray for me! lol.
It's a lot to take in all in 4 weeks. Ugh.
Thank you for your best wishes.
Andreas.