Cardiac tamponade: an uncommon presenting feature of systemic lupus erythematosus, a case-based review

Cardiac tamponade: an uncommon presenting feature of systemic lupus erythematosus, a case-based review

Although pericarditis is the most prevalent cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), cardiac tamponade is extremely infrequent notably as the first manifestation of the disease. Here we report the case of a 22-year-old woman presenting with cardiac tamponade as the initial presenta...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Pan African medical journal 2020-08, Vol.36 (368)
Hauptverfasser: Chourabi, Chadia, Mahfoudhi, Houaida, Sayhi, Sameh, Dhahri, Rim, Taamallah, Karima, Chenik, Sarra, Haggui, Abdeddayem, Hajlaoui, Nadhem, Lahidheb, Dhaker, Faida, Ajili, Ben Abdelhafidh, Nadia, Louzir, Bassem, Fehr, Wafa
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Sprache:eng
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pericardial effusion
systemic lupus erythematosus
tamponade
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Zusammenfassung:Although pericarditis is the most prevalent cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), cardiac tamponade is extremely infrequent notably as the first manifestation of the disease. Here we report the case of a 22-year-old woman presenting with cardiac tamponade as the initial presentation of SLE.
ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2020.36.368.25044