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Pericardial tamponade in juvenile dermatomyositis
R M Pereira1, S Lerner, W T Maeda
1Rheumatology Department, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine, Brazil.
Clinical Cardiology
|April 1, 1992
Abstract:
Cardiac involvement in dermatomyositis has been well described; myocarditis and cardiac arrhythmias are the most frequent manifestations. An 8-year-old girl is presented, who developed pericardial tamponade in the course of the disease. It is the first time this association has been reported.