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Case Reports
. 1997 Feb;12(1):75-7.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.1997.12.1.75.

Cardiac tamponade as an initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus--single case report

I H Lee  1 , S C Yang, T H Kim, J B Jun, S S Jung, S C Bae, D H Yoo, S K Kim, S Y Kim
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Cardiac tamponade as an initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus--single case report

I H Lee et al. J Korean Med Sci. 1997 Feb.

Abstract

We describe a case of pericardial tamponade as an initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although pericarditis or pericardial effusion is the common cardiac complication of SLE, tamponade is unusual. Treatment consists of pericardiocentesis, administration of high dose glucocorticoid an antimalarial drug.

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