Scleroderma with cardiac tamponade, hyperthyroidism and incidental papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Cardiac tamponade and malignancy are associated with a poor prognosis in Progressive Systemic Sclerosis (PSS). We present the case of a 31-year-old African-Jamaican woman with PSS and a thyroid neoplasm who presented with cardiac tamponade requiring pericardiocentesis. Despite the presence of two poor prognostic markers, she has had a favourable postoperative course.
Gokula
R M
RM
Mandeville Public Hospital, Mandeville, Manchester and, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, 7, Jamaica, West Indies.
Gupta
A K
AK
Shirley
S E
SE
Coard
K
K
Ramphal
P S
PS
D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000150:complications*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*