Pericardial effusion in a young patient with newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus and a mediastinal mass.
Hellenic J Cardiol
; 52(5): 448-51, 2011.
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| ID: mdl-21940294
We present the case of a 32-year-old-woman who was admitted to the hospital for evaluation of pericardial effusion. The subsequent diagnostic workup revealed the presence of a mediastinal mass along with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The patient underwent thymectomy, and histological evaluation of the resected mass revealed thymic follicular hyperplasia without evidence of malignancy. SLE disease activity was promptly controlled by corticoids. Clinicians should be aware of the occasional association of autoimmune disorders with focal thymic hyperplasia, which might be confused with thymomas or thymocarcinomas.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Derrame Pericárdico
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Hiperplasia do Timo
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Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article