[Pericardial effusion as the only first clinical manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus].
Pericarditis is the most frequent cardiac manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but pericardial effusion rarely occurs as the only first clinical manifestation of SLE. We report the case of a male patient whose initial manifestation of lupus was a pericardial effusion. We comment on its clinical course and we reviewed in the medical literature different presenting features in SLE.
Blanco Ramos
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Servicio de Cirugía Torácica, Complexo Hospitalario Xeral-Cíes, Vigo, Pontevedra. montsebr@usc.es
Cañizares Carretero
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García-Fontán
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Rivo Vázquez
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000209:etiology*