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Objective: Rare disease 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]