A patient with a ruptured internal iliac artery aneurysm who presented with acute urinary retention and tenesmus is described. Obliterative aneurysmorrhaphy was performed, and thrombus in the sac was removed and an in-situ drain was placed in the sac. The patient's urinary symptoms resolved postoperatively.
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