Abstract

BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare gastrointestinal neoplasms. The spontaneous rupture of a jejunal GIST is very rare and spontaneous rupture of liver metastasis from an intestinal GIST is even rarer with only a few cases reported in the literature.

CASE REPORT: In this article, we reported a case of spontaneous rupture of a liver metastasis from a malignant jejunal GIST that presented with active tumoral bleeding, hypovolemic shock, and hemoperitoneum. The patient was successfully treated with arterial embolization of the tumor.

CONCLUSIONS: In appropriately selected patients, arterial embolization appears to be an effective safe treatment for a GIST metastasis rupture.

Keywords: Chemoembolization, Therapeutic, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal, Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage