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A 5-year-old male with right atrial myxoma without interatrial communication who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting, fever, and guaiac positive stool is reported. He was later found to have ischemia of a jejunal segment necessitating segmental resection. Although his symptoms persisted postoperatively, surgical removal, of a right atrial myxoma was followed by complete resolution of his intestinal symptoms. We demonstrated that the mesenteric vasculitis was of nonembolic origin, and we speculate autoimmune arteritis as a possible mechanism.
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Park, J.M., Garcia, R.R., Patrick, J.K. et al. Right atrial myxoma with a nonembolic intestinal manifestation. Pediatr Cardiol 11, 164–166 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02238850
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