RUPTURE OF AN ANEURYSM OF THE INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY INTO THE RECTUM -REPORT ON A CASE WITH FAVORABLE OUTCOME

Although internal iliac artery aneurysms are uncommon, their timely re cognition and surgical treatment are important since, like all other a bdominal aneurysms, they tend to enlarge and rupture, often without wa rning, and the outcome is usually fatal. An aneurysm of the left inter nal iliac artery, in a seventy-six-year-old obese man, which ruptured into the rectum, was successfully treated by partial removal, distal a neurysmorrhaphy, and positioning of an aortofemoral prosthetic bypass.