title: Systemic lupus erythematosus: an unusual cause of cardiac tamponade in a young man.
abstract: Although pericarditis and pericardial effusion are common cardiac complications of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), cardiac tamponade is a very rare initial manifestation of this disease. We describe a case of a young male patient in whom cardiac tamponade secondary to a loculated pericardial effusion was the presenting symptom of SLE.
authors.affiliation: Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. topaloglus@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Topaloglu
authors.forename: Dursun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aras
authors.forename: Kumral
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ergun
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Altay
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alyan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akgul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*