Myopericarditis and Pericardial Effusion as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Myopericarditis with a pericardial effusion as the initial presenting feature of SLE is uncommon. We report an unusual case of myopericarditis and pericardial effusion with subsequent heart failure, as the initial manifestation of SLE. The timely recognition and early steroid administration are impe...

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Autores principales: Bezwada, Prema, Quadri, Ahmed, Shaikh, Atif, Ayala-Rodriguez, Ceasar, Green, Stuart
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5316435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28261271
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6912020
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author Bezwada, Prema
Quadri, Ahmed
Shaikh, Atif
Ayala-Rodriguez, Ceasar
Green, Stuart
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description Myopericarditis with a pericardial effusion as the initial presenting feature of SLE is uncommon. We report an unusual case of myopericarditis and pericardial effusion with subsequent heart failure, as the initial manifestation of SLE. The timely recognition and early steroid administration are imperative in SLE-related myopericarditis with cardiomyopathy to prevent the mortality associated with this condition.
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spelling pubmed-53164352017-03-05 Myopericarditis and Pericardial Effusion as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Bezwada, Prema Quadri, Ahmed Shaikh, Atif Ayala-Rodriguez, Ceasar Green, Stuart Case Rep Med Case Report Myopericarditis with a pericardial effusion as the initial presenting feature of SLE is uncommon. We report an unusual case of myopericarditis and pericardial effusion with subsequent heart failure, as the initial manifestation of SLE. The timely recognition and early steroid administration are imperative in SLE-related myopericarditis with cardiomyopathy to prevent the mortality associated with this condition. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 2017-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5316435/ /pubmed/28261271 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6912020 Text en Copyright © 2017 Prema Bezwada et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Myopericarditis and Pericardial Effusion as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title Myopericarditis and Pericardial Effusion as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_full Myopericarditis and Pericardial Effusion as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_fullStr Myopericarditis and Pericardial Effusion as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_full_unstemmed Myopericarditis and Pericardial Effusion as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_short Myopericarditis and Pericardial Effusion as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
title_sort myopericarditis and pericardial effusion as the initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5316435/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6912020
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