Abstract

RONDEROS BOTERO, Diana María; FERNANDEZ-AVILA, Daniel Gerardo; DIAZ JIMENEZ, María Claudia  and  GUTIERREZ DAVILA, Juan Martín. Cardiac tamponade due to lupic pericarditis: report of two cases. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2015, vol.22, n.1, pp.63-70. ISSN 0121-8123.  https://doi.org/10.10167j.rcreu.2015.01.003.

Serositis is one of the clinical findings in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. When is present generally causes chronic pericardial effusions and not generate hemodynamic instability in the patient. We present two cases of women with lupus with pericardial effusion leading to cardiac tamponade, unusual presentation of this clinical manifestation in systemic lupus erythematosus

Keywords : Systemic lupus erythematosus; Serositis; Cardiac tamponade.

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