heart and blood vessel disorders
Aortic Branch Aneurysms
Symptoms of Aortic Branch Aneurysms
Symptoms of aortic branch aneurysms vary depending on the organ that is deprived of blood. Regardless of location, infected or inflammatory aneurysms may cause pain in the area near the affected artery and symptoms of infection such as fever, weight loss, and a general feeling of illness. Furthermore, rupture of any type of aneurysm can cause rapid blood loss, pain at the site of the aneurysm, low blood pressure, and even death. Subclavian aneurysms can cause shoulder or arm pain, a pulsating sensation, blood clots or swelling in nearby veins (due to pressure on the veins), Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIAs) , Most aneurysms in the abdominal aortic branches do not cause any symptoms unless they rupture. Rarely, people with splenic artery aneurysms will have abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. People with hepatic artery aneurysms will have abdominal pain or yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice) if the aneurysm compresses the tubes that transport bile from the gallbladder to the intestine (the biliary tract). People with superior mesenteric artery aneurysms will have abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea ( Ischemic Colitis . People with renal artery aneurysms will have high blood pressure, abdominal or flank pain, or blood in the urine. 