An Incidental Finding of Coronary–Cameral Fistulas in a Critically Ill Patient with a Metastatic Cardiac Tumor

2021 
It is extremely rare for a cardiac tumor to present with coronary-cameral fistulas. A 66-year-old Caucasian male presented with worsening dyspnea and subsequently had a cardiac catheterization for an ST-elevation myocardial infarction, revealing no evidence of coronary artery disease but multiple coronary-cameral fistulas. Venoarterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was initiated for a severe cardiogenic shock. Workups including a transesophageal echocardiography and a right heart catheterization led to a diagnosis of metastatic melanoma involving both ventricles of his heart. Angiogenesis is well described in melanomas and our novel case reports the extremely rare association of coronary-cameral fistulas with a metastatic cardiac melanoma. How to cite this article: Thyagarajan B, Bryant C, Khanna AK. An Incidental Finding of Coronary-cameral Fistulas in a Critically Ill Patient with a Metastatic Cardiac Tumor. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(3):340-342.
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