Kim Kardashian has revealed that a routine brain scan captured for her family’s reality series detected a “little aneurysm,” an emotional on-camera moment that brought the 45-year-old entrepreneur to tears and led her to connect the finding to the years of stress following her divorce from ex-husband Kanye West.
In footage from the Season 7 premiere of The Kardashians, released Thursday, Kardashian is seen undergoing an MRI and later calling her sister Kourtney to share the results. “There was a little aneurysm,” she says in the clip, explaining that doctors suggested it could be linked to stress. “They were like, ‘Just stress,’” she recounts.
Entertainment outlets that previewed the episode reported that Kardashian learned about the finding during a filmed medical appointment and immediately phoned family members to inform them. According to Page Six, she was told the aneurysm was small and possibly stress-induced, while TMZ noted that the discovery occurred during an on-camera MRI. Neither outlet specified which blood vessel was affected or if surgery was necessary. The episode did not include medical measurements, and Kardashian did not share details about a treatment plan, though she appeared visibly shaken and said she would continue to be monitored.
People magazine described the scene as part of a wider storyline portraying Kardashian’s struggles with the emotional toll of her high-profile divorce and her demanding lifestyle, balancing four children and her business ventures. The publication reported that Kardashian was told the aneurysm was stress-related, consistent with her remarks on the show. No additional medical updates or prognosis were mentioned, and Kardashian has not publicly disclosed any procedures related to the discovery.
Aneurysms are balloon-like bulges in blood vessels that may remain stable, require monitoring, or demand urgent medical intervention, depending on their size, location, and rupture risk. The episode does not include a formal medical diagnosis beyond Kardashian’s account, and the link to “stress” appears to reflect her personal understanding of what doctors told her.
Page Six summarized the scene as a “shocking medical diagnosis,” and other entertainment outlets echoed Kardashian’s statement that the aneurysm was small. None reported that she had been hospitalized or experienced any hemorrhage.
