Why the study?
Cardiac tamponade is extremely infrequent in systemic lupus erythematosus, notably as the first manifestation of the disease.
Cardiac tamponade can rarely serve as the initial presenting manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus.
Alerts clinicians to rare SLE onset in young women with tamponade; extends known presentations but leaves open broader implications.
Although pericarditis is the most prevalent cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), cardiac tamponade is extremely infrequent notably as the first manifestation of the disease. Here we report the case of a 22-year-old woman presenting with cardiac tamponade as the initial presentation of SLE.
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