McMechan SR, McClements BM, McKeown PP, Webb SW, Adgey AA. Systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as effuso-constrictive pericarditis.
Postgrad Med J 1995;
71:627-9. [PMID:
8545294 PMCID:
PMC2398269 DOI:
10.1136/pgmj.71.840.627]
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Abstract
We describe a 62-year-old woman in whom systemic lupus erythematosus presented as life-threatening effuso-constrictive pericarditis. Surgical drainage of the pericardium was required and the patient made a satisfactory recovery. At six-months follow-up, while taking hydroxychloroquine and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, she remains well.
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