[Aortic aneurysm with rupturing into the stomach following salmonella sepsis]

This case report deals with an infected aortic aneurysm, caused by salmonella: a typical gastroenteritis with fever and diarrhoea led after a short remission period to septic reacerbation and rupture of infected aneurysm into the stomach. The patient died of an haemorrhagic shock. Nomenclature, pathogenesis and prognosis of infected aneurysms are discussed.