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Cardiac tamponade as an initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in a child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2013

Navreet Sharda
Navreet Sharda*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
*
Correspondence to: Dr N. Sharda, MBBS, MD Pediatrics; Senior resident, Department of Paediatrics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi 110049, India. Tel: +91 9899733456; Fax: +91 11 26250061; E-mail: docnav1981@gmail.com
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Abstract

Cardiac involvement is a rare initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus. An 11-year-old girl was described to have massive haemorrhagic pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade, which was later diagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus. Therefore, in children presenting with cardiac tamponade, systemic lupus erythematosus should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses, as morbidity and mortality associated with cardiac tamponade can be dramatically reduced with early diagnosis and use of steroids.

Keywords

Cardiac tamponadepericardial effusionspericarditissystemic lupus erythematosus
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 172 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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