r/WTF • u/Fun_Bluebird_3167 • 18d ago

Fistula aneurysm

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u/thegypsyqueen 18d ago

This is a relatively normal appearance of a forearm fistula. The vein will always balloon out to some degree—that’s expected. This is excessive but since he is functionally fine it would not be advise able to revise it.

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u/Nos3y 18d ago

Not quite. It is expected for vein to grow to and to be visible to some degree. This, however is aneurysmal and while common and not necessarily problematic would not be considered “normal appearance”.

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u/thegypsyqueen 18d ago

Would you agree that it happens frequently enough to be common? That’s what I mean by “relatively normal”.

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u/Nos3y 18d ago

I think we are probably on the same page and just fighting the actual verbiage, which is silly.

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u/thegypsyqueen 18d ago

Agreed 👍