[Fatal cardiac tamponade in systemic lupus erythematosus associated with vasculitis similar to polyarteritis nodosa].
We report the case of a 21 year-old woman who developed systemic lupus erythematosus and fatal cardiac tamponade. Necropsy examination revealed cardiac tamponade as well as other findings of SLE and an unsuspected vasculitis similar to polyarteritis nodosa.
da Costa
A G
AG
Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP.
Mansur
A J
AJ
Assis
R V
RV
Grinberg
M
M
Bellotti
G
G
Pileggi
F
F
D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
Tamponamento cardíaco fatal em portadora de lupus eritematoso sistêmico associado com vasculite semelhante a poliarterite nodosa.