QuestionQUESTION: Please explain what this is?
ANSWER: abdominal aorta refers to the major arter in the abdomen... fusiform refers to an elongated segment and ectasia refers to bulging in this case, so they are referring probably to a longer abdominal aneurysm, a stretching of the aorta. This is a fairly common occurrence, and not a problem until it starts growing past about 3 cm's.
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QUESTION: The report from result said it measured 3.5x3.7 cm ectasia
with right mural thrombus.Ascending thoacic aorta 3.8 cm. fusiform
ectasia is identified.The thoracic aorta is normal in caliber.
I typed the words from the report.This exam was done 07/29/2110.Nothing
has been done since the exam,should i be concerned?
Thank You for the explanation,
Patricia Dunaj
Answerhat is a little out of my league as far as what should be done. The minimum that should be done is a repeat examination in 6 months.... so it is time at least to have it re-evaluated. But the ordering physician should at least run that by a vascular surgeon to see what treatment, if any, should be provided.
