Systemic lupus erythematosus: an unusual cause of cardiac tamponade in a young man.
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.
Topaloglu
Serkan
S
Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. topaloglus@yahoo.com
Aras
Dursun
D
Ergun
Kumral
K
Altay
Hakan
H
Alyan
Omer
O
Akgul
Ahmet
A
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*