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16883110

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
A 75-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of abnormal lung shadow and necrosis of the left feet. She had a history of Raynaud's phenomenon from her twenties. On admission, she was diagnosed as having diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc) and Sjögren's syndrome (SjS) because of scleroderma, interstitial pneumonia (IP), positive result of anti-Scl-70 and SS-A antibody, sicca, decreased tear excretion, and dysfunction of salivary glands. Seventy days after amputation of her left leg, she presented with edema, hypoxemia, chest discomfort, and fever. Blood test revealed inflammation and cardiac echography revealed pericardial effusion with a collapse sign of right atrium, thereby leading to the diagnosis of cardiac tamponade. After starting the daily dose of 20 mg of prednisolone, the pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade sign disappeared. Pericarditis is seen in half of patients with SSc and rarely with SjS, and is usually asymptomatic. Pericarditis due to SSc has been reported unresponsive to steroid therapy, but several cases of steroid responsive pericarditis due to SSc or SjS have been reported. Clinically, they shared inflammatory responses and the presence of IP in the cases of SSc, which will be important when considering the pathogenesis and treatment of pericarditis due to SSc or SjS.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-4884
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
827-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of systemic sclerosis and Sjogren's syndrome with cardiac tamponade due to steroid-responsive pericarditis].
pubmed:affiliation
The Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center. satotk-rheumatol@umin.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports