[Cardiac tamponade revealing systemic scleroderma].
The frequency of pericardial involvement in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is high but usually was asymptomatic and cardiac tamponnade was exceptional. We report a case of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) revealed by cardiac tamponnade. This case illustrate the value of transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of cardiac tamponnade in systémic sclerosis.
Bouraoui
Hatem
H
Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Farhat Hached, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie. Hotem.Bouraoui@famso.mu.tn
Trimeche
Besma
B
Mahdhaoui
Abdallah
A
Ernez-Hajri
Samia
S
Jeridi
Gouider
G
Ammar
Habib
H
D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*