Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with pericardial tamponade in an adult.
A 25-year-old man was initially seen with pericardial tamponade as a manifestation most probably of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis that had been quiescent for 18 years. A pericardial window relieved the tamponade. Immunofluorescence studies of the pericardial tissue disclosed no deposits of immunoglobulin of complement.
D000328:Adult; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male