| Cardiac tamponade in a patient with lupus nephritis |
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Ho Sup Song, Min-Ok Kim, Jung Ho Kim, Ki Tae Bang, Jung Hee Kim, Soon Kil Kwon, Ho-Chang Lee |
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전남대학교 의과대학 알레르기내과 |
| 루푸스 신장염 환자에서 동반된 심장눌림증 |
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송호섭, 김민옥, 김정호, 방기태, 김정희, 권순길, 이호창 |
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Division of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea |
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| Abstract |
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that involves many different organ systems, and this illness exhibits a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. The renal involvement in SLE is called lupus nephritis and 50~80% of patients with SLE suffer from lupus nephritis. Although pericarditis or pericardial effusion is a common cardiac manifestation of SLE, cardiac tamponade is rare. Cardiac tamponade may be fatal if it is not recognized quickly and treated promptly. We report a case of cardiac tamponade associated with lupus nephritis. Treatment consisted of pericardiocentesis and high-dose corticosteroid. (Korean J Med 78:635-639, 2010)
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| Key Words:
Lupus nephritis; Cardiac tamponade; Pericardiocentesis |
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