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Internal carotid artery aneurysm and what treatment was recommended?

Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases | Last Active: Jul 7 7:56am | Replies (35)
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@lisalucier hello Lisa. I've never heard of a neuroendocrine tumor during the colonoscopy. Of course I've had those adenoma type of polyps but they always take them off, and say see you in 5 years!
The reason I had to go in the emergency room yesterday was because I developed some double vision and loss of balance. It was over pretty fast but it was really disconcerting. I was concerned perhaps I was having a mini TIA.
Anyhow they didn't think that was the problem but they did find the aneurysm incidentally on the head CT. I need to call them this morning to schedule an MRA

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Lisa Lucier, Moderator | @lisalucier | Jun 30 11:01am

@gloryasong - yes, the neuroendocrine tumor was removed along with a couple of polyps, and they thought it was also a polyp until it was examined in the lab. The results really surprised me a lot, not to mention worried me. But the upshot is that after all that testing, I had 0 percent cancer left in my body. This took from July to Dec. to confirm all this. During my months of testing, I came to understand personally the meaning of scanxiety.

Good for you that you went to the emergency room when you had double vision and loss of balance. As you know, that is exactly what stroke experts strongly recommend. I bet it was disconcerting.

So, did they feel in the ER that the aneurysm was the cause of your symptoms? Do you know if you can get in quickly for the magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)?

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