title: Cardiac tamponade as the first manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly.
abstract: Although pericardial involvement is very frequent in systemic lupus erythematosus, cardiac tamponade is extremely rare as the first manifestation of the disease. On the other hand, systemic lupus erythematosus is a disease that predominantly affects young women, and it is a very uncommon condition in the elderly. We report a 91-year-old woman diagnosed with cardiac tamponade, which was the presenting clinical feature of a previously undiagnosed case of systemic lupus erythematosus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain. alguma@teleline.es
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Macías
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lizarralde-Palacios
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cabeza-García
authors.forename: Felipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miguel-De la Villa
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*