[Cardiac tamponade as an initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus]. / Tamponnade cardiaque révélatrice d'un lupus érythémateux systémique.

ABSTRACT

Although pericarditis is the most frequent cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), cardiac tamponade is very rare as an initial manifestation of this disease. We report the case of a 27-year-old patient in whom the diagnosis of SLE was discovered during cardiac tamponade.