[A case of aneurysm of the celiac trunk ruptured into the duodenum]

A case of repeated, exsanguinating gastrointestinal haemorrhage in a 36-yr-old man, due to rupture in the duoedenum of an arteriosclerotic aneurysm of the coeliac artery, is described. Selective arteriography enabled the cause of bleeding to be established. The pictures for the coeliac and superior mesenteric arteries showed good hepatic arterial vascularisation via the vessels issuing from the right hand side of the superior mesenteric, immediately after its point of origin. Successful aneurysmectomy was not performed until the fifth operation, when the cause of bleeding had thus been made clear.