Celiac Artery Aneurysm: Anyone else with same illness?

Hang in there. The fact that you're under a doctor's care and monitoring it means you're better off than 99% of the people out there who do not know that they have this condition. Peace.

My celac artery dissected recently. The doctors think it could fix itself. I have a new scan in 6 months to see how I am doing. It is a lot to digest, but I've worked as a medical professional for over 30 years. It has helped my own understanding of everything.

Hello-please see my post at the celiac artery dissection thread as celiac aneurysm can occur with this issue. Hope this helps. Also, there are two types of celiac aneurysms-true and false which determines how they are treated. My personal advice is to always seek a second opinion for serious medical issues like this with a specialist (like a vascular surgeon) at a tertiary care center where these rarer problems are treated more frequently. Hard to balance anxiety of the risks and concerns of monitoring vs the risks of treatment.

Would love any additional updates from anyone my husband also just had this and they have done nothing, and basic just a wait and see. That does not really sit well with me, feel like we should be more proactive?

Dear All
Thank you for sharing the information as above.
I was diagnosed with a celiac artery Aneurism in 2020 and the size was 1.cm . Last year due to my abdominal pain after CT scans the result show an increase of the size to 1.1cm .
My Dr advise to observe if the aneurysm grows further before considering surgical intervention. Surgery
I will appreciate if anyone could advise me on the above issue .
Thx
Wendy

I have researched zarelto and it is a blood thinner. I thought it was either Coumadin or warfarin (same thing).
You learn something new every day

Agreeing with Sharon.
May God🌹be with you.🙏🙏

I never heard of using xarelto as a blood thinner and I’ve been on Coumadin for 10 years. Warfarin is the same thing pretty much and all I’ve been using is Coumadin.
Every Wednesday morning the lab comes to my house to draw blood and the results goes to my cardiologist and he determines my dose as it is up and down weekly.

I have facto 5 Leiden and have had a pulmonary embolism…I’m on xarelto (blood thinner) now and I will be taking it for life.
Has anyone ever taken toridol with factor 5 Leiden?

If I can interject here. I had a cat scan done for a heart valve issue. The doctor said that I was going to be transferred to a trauma hospital because you have a torn celiac artery aneurysm. Like you said. It’s very rare.

When I got to the trauma hospital the cardiovascular surgeon acknowledged it but I forgot to ask him how big it was. He said that it wasn’t bleeding so they felt it was ok to discharge me with a torn but not bleeding celiac aneurysm.
He told me to see my own cardiovascular surgeon which I did. Well my cardiovascular surgeon said that he didn’t see anything even though he’s been monitoring yearly. He was annoyed and rushed out of the exam room. Last week I had 2 MRI’s, 2 cat scans and a few regular X-RAYS and said nothing but my ENT saw it and told me it was at 3.7 with a tear in it. I was seeing an ENT for a paralyzed right vocal cord.
He suggested I see my cardiovascular surgeon and that surgeon said that 10 years ago my aneurysm was at 1.7 and it’s still at 1.7. I said great. A few months go by and that’s how I found it to be at 3. 7 cm with a small tear in it. My ENT found it even though I was going to him for a paralyzed vocal cord. He found the torn Aneurysm looking for something else. He found it by accident. What now? One sends me to a trauma hospital and he said that since it wasn’t bleeding. I could be discharged and follow up with my annoyed doctor. Well there is a difference between a 1.7 torn aneurysm and a 3.7 torn aneurysm! I don’t know what to do other than find another surgeon.