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.. Video?1 2D echocardiogram revealed 3�C4?cm of pericardial effusion with echocardiographic evidence of late diastolic right ventricular collapse and early pericardial tamponade. Download video file.(153K, flv) In the meantime, his autoimmune panel came back as reactive for both rheumatoid factor and antinuclear antibodies. His clinical condition further deteriorated with reaccumulation of pericardial fluid (moderate-to-large pericardial effusion on the repeat 2D echocardiograms with no echocardiographic evidence of tamponade), respiratory distress and worsening renal failure with severe metabolic acidosis. A CT surgery was consulted for a pericardial window for persistent pericardial effusion but before he could go for any surgical procedure, his clinical course was complicated by hemoperitoneum and colonic obstruction (figure 3). He was being conservatively managed for his bowel obstruction for almost 24?h when he went into acute respiratory distress followed by cardiac arrest. An emergent bedside pericardiocentesis revealed 300?mL of haemorrhagic pericardial fluid but he did not survive. A few hours after death, anti-Scl-70 antibody was reported reactive making scleroderma the most likely cause of his multiorgan system involvement (table 1 for all the serology results). Figure?3 (A) CT scan showing massive pericardial effusion; (B) CT scan showing haemorrhagic peritoneal effusion with colonic dilation. Investigations Initial laboratory data on admission to ER revealed severe thrombocytopenia, microcytic hypochromic anaemia and acute renal failure (table 1). Two-dimensional echocardiogram revealed 3�C4?cm of pericardial effusion with echocardiographic evidence of late diastolic right ventricular collapse and early pericardial tamponade (video 1). On right heart catheterisation, the venous waveform prior to drainage of effusion showed an amputated ��y�� descent indicating cardiac tamponade while following the drainage, a steep ��y�� descent along with a steep ��x�� descent appeared (figure 2). Differential diagnosis Systemic lupus erythematosus, mixed connective tissue disease, scleroderma/CREST syndrome, TTP. Treatment Patient was started on oral corticosteroids for possible autoimmune disorder, possibly SLE, on the day of admission. Since the possibility of TTP could not be ruled out based on his peripheral blood smear, thrombocytopenia and renal involvement, IVIG, www.selleckchem.com/products/byl719.html plasmapharesis and intravenous corticosteroids were initiated on his second admission day. As he needed to undergo emergent pericardiocentesis, he received packed red blood cells and platelet transfusion for anaemia and thrombocytopenia prior to the procedure. His clinical condition continued to deteriorate and got intubated with mechanical ventilator support, vasopressors, continuation of plasmapharesis and steroids along with supportive care.