Open AccessLupus myocarditis-A rare case
Author(s) -
Bijaya Mohanty,
Ashok Sunder
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_716_20
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , systemic lupus erythematosus , presentation (obstetrics) , dermatology , heart failure , rare disease , disease , cardiology , pathology , surgery
Myocarditis in patients of systemic lupus erythematosus is extremely rare and is potentially life threatening. This may be the first presentation of the disease. Here, we report a patient who presented with features of heart failure and was later diagnosed to have SLE.