October 22, 2018CureusOpen Access

Sub-acute Cardiac Tamponade as an Early Clinical Presentation of Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report

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11-year-old female with sub-acute cardiac tamponade as an early clinical presentation of childhood systemic…

Design

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Authors

AUAnum UmerTallinn University of Technology SBShoaib Bhatti SJShafaq JawedJinnah Postgraduate Medical Center

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Implication

Alerts clinicians to rare pediatric SLE tamponade; leaves open optimal immunosuppression strategies pending larger studies.

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Population

11-year-old female with sub-acute cardiac tamponade as an early clinical presentation of childhood systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) (n=1).

Intervention

Fluoroscopy-guided pericardiocentesis, pulse therapy of intravenous methylprednisolone (500 to 1000 mg), followed by low-dose mycophenolate mofetil, positive pressure ventilation, hemodialysis, and invasive cardiovascular monitoring.

Sub-acute cardiac tamponade can be a rare initial presentation of childhood systemic lupus erythematosus, requiring prompt recognition and management with pericardiocentesis and immunosuppression.

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Umer et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7feb3e9b5ec1a88046ef68 https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3478

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Sub-acute Cardiac Tamponade as an Early Clinical Presentation of Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report

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Sub-acute Cardiac Tamponade as an Early Clinical Presentation of Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report

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