title: Cardiac tamponade as an initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in early childhood.
abstract: Cardiac tamponade is rare as an initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and even more so in paediatric patients. This paper reports an 8 year old girl with SLE with several unusual features: unusual age of presentation, unusual initial organ manifestation and recurrent cardiac tamponade as a complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging