title: Scleroderma with cardiac tamponade, hyperthyroidism and incidental papillary thyroid carcinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Mandeville Public Hospital, Mandeville, Manchester and, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, 7, Jamaica, West Indies.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gokula
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Shirley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Coard
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Ramphal
mesh_terms: 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*