title: [Cardiac tamponade revealing systemic scleroderma].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Farhat Hached, 4000 Sousse, Tunisie. Hotem.Bouraoui@famso.mu.tn
authors.forename: Hatem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bouraoui
authors.forename: Besma
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trimeche
authors.forename: Abdallah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahdhaoui
authors.forename: Samia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ernez-Hajri
authors.forename: Gouider
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jeridi
authors.forename: Habib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ammar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*