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Kommerell’s Diverticulum with aberrant right subclavian artery
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Sep 19, 2023 | Replies (62)Comment receiving replies
I am absolutely shocked reading your post - I have exactly the same thing. There should be a post on here from a few years ago describing my situation. I did not know there was anything wrong with me until I was into my 50's (I am 59 now). I have had one very complex surgery in which they went through my back because my aberrant left subclavian artery had eroded my spinal column and embedded in there. There is a second frontal surgery being discussed because of the Kommerellis diverticulum and a vascular ring crushing my esophagus and trachea. I have had conflicting opinions on the danger of the KD erupting. The discovery of my heart issues came when I got very sick, perhaps because you are not, you may never need surgery. I hope that is the case for you.
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Thank you for your reply. May I ask where you are being treated? I hope everything goes well with your second surgery if needed. My physician said it’s very rare for it to rupture but then told me to keep something on me with the diagnosis just in case. He said otherwise just live life normally. I have 2 little ones and the idea of it rupturing terrifies me. It’s just so hard to find info on it and I’m not sure how familiar my cardiologist is with it. When giving me the results of my MRI he didn’t even mention it by name but I asked about it because I had already read the MRI report on my my chart Before seeing him. Then after I asked about it is when he said we would scan again in a year. If I wouldn’t have brought it up we wouldn’t do anything. I feel like from what o have read it doesn’t seem like it’s a problem until later years of life but I kind of feel like a ticking time bomb. It’s very unsettling.