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An internal iliac artery aneurysm causing a colonic obstruction: report of a case
U Ozergin1, C Vatansev, K Durgut
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Selçuk, Konya, Turkey.
Surgery Today
|November 1, 2001
Abstract:
An 80-year-old male patient presented with the chief complaints of a sudden onset of pain in the right lower quadrant and constipation of 3 days' duration. In computerized tomographic examination an aneurysm of right internal iliac artery and an abnormally enlarged descending colon were seen. During an emergency operation a small rupture in the subserosa of the rectosigmoid junction was found.