Treatment of aneurysm in carotid artery

[tillymint16]

Has anyone been treated for a aneurysm of the carotid artery, and can it be coiled?

I have 2 but also developed Pulsatile tinnitus and wondering if anyone else has experienced this.., getting quite worried and expecting another op on the horizon..

thanks for any advice

[Imelda-Maria]

I developed pulsatile tinnitus for about a month just before my aneurysm on the carotid artery burst. I had to have a clipping, I had two aneurysms and he clipped both of them, he said that coiling wasn't an option. I am not sure why. I made a full recovery and have had no problems since.

[tillymint16 in reply to Imelda-Maria]

Hi Imelda

Thanks for replying to my post. I think we are in the minority having this problem with the carotid.

I am slightly worried now as thought they didn’t really rupture in this are but I have an annual MRI on Monday so guess my surgeon will decide from there. ( I had one successfully cooked in May 2018)

Where is you hospital? Mine is the Walton Centre in Liverpool.

Think they probably couldn't coil as it was already a ruptured. Dont really know.. so glad you made a great recovery

Regards

Andrea

[Imelda-Maria in reply to tillymint16]

Hi Andrea,

I was in Kings College Hospital in London, I live in Kent. It was 4 years ago now and I have had no more incidents and they say my brain is clear no more aneurysms at the moment anyway.

I didn't really know anything about it until it ruptured and I ended up at Kings, he said it was the carotid and I didn't know they weren't meant to rupture in this area. I didn't even know I had one. There were two and he clipped both of them.

I am fine now, get headaches occasionally but nothing major, I think I was really lucky, the Consultant said it should have killed me! and I think he was surprised that I made such a good recovery. I was there a month and then home and back to work about 9 months later.

I hope all goes well for you too. Maybe it depends on the size of them, apparently mine was very large

Best wishes

Imelda

[Andersl]

Hi

I have an aneurysm in the left carotid artery. They tried to coil it in 2017 but abandonned the op as it was too close to my left optic nerve.

Its staying the same size on annual scans (6mm) so im not concerned.

Hope this helps

Lou xx

[tillymint16 in reply to Andersl]

Hi Lou

We’ve spoken last year prior to my surgery in May.

Hope your keeping well👍🏻🙏

Thanks for your reply! Do you get Pulsatile tinnitus from this carotid artery Annie?

I’ve developed it and it drives me made. Not always there but goes in time with my heartbeat.

Andrea