RUPTURED ANEURYSMS OF THE INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY - REPORT OF 2 CASES

Solitary internal iliac artery aneurysms are very rare. Their localisa tion deep in the pelvis makes diagnosis difficult. Therefore they are not detected until they reach a significant size and produce symptoms. These symptoms are due to compression on the adjacent structures or t heir rupture. Duplex scan, computerized tomography, and arteriography are the most useful diagnostic procedures. The correct surgical therap y consists of the Ligature of the internal iliac artery and endoaneury smorraphy with obliteration of the tributary branches. We report herei n two cases of aneurysms of the internal iliac artery that made their clinical debut with signs of rupture.