Symptoms

How do they present?

One-third of the cases go totally unnoticed as they are asymptomatic.

Symptoms depend on the size and the location:

• A pulsatile lump that you can feel
• There may be a pain in the limb with cramps on exercise – claudication
• The pain persists during rest and there may be blueness of toes.
• There may be painful sores or ulcers involving the toes or fingers.
• Radiating pain or numbness in arm caused by nerve compression
• Gangrene due to blockage of the vessel needing urgent attention.
• In carotids aneurysms, TIA or stroke can take place
• In case of bowel arteries, involvement abdominal pain occurs
• Most symptoms are due to blockage of the aneurysm

What are the types of aneurysms?

They could be true or false. The former is due to a weakness of the arterial wall while the latter is due to injury.

Content Reviewed by – Dr. Jaisom Chopra