Kuramochi Y, Kato T, Sudou M, Sugano H, Takagi H, Morita T
Department of Pediatrics, Shizuoka Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
Lupus. 2007;16(6):447-9. doi: 10.1177/0961203307077995.
We present a 16-year old girl with Prader-Willi syndrome who developed cardiac tamponade as an initial finding of systemic lupus erythematosus. Until one year prior to this episode, she had received growth hormone treatment for nine years. The association among Prader-Willi syndrome, growth hormone treatment and systemic lupus erythematosus is discussed.
