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Atypical Lemierre syndrome, thrombophlebitis of the facial vein.
A young man complained of fever and left-sided neck pain. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the neck showed a round low-density areawith enhancement at themargin.We suspected a deep neck abscess, and the antibiotic treatment was started. After 3 days, CT scan showed that the oval low-density area extended to its junction with the left internal jugular vein. We diagnosed him as having Lemierre sy...
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Lemierre syndrome is caused by acute oropharyngeal infections with secondary septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and is characterized by frequent metastatic infections. A 56-year-old man presented with severe reddish inflammatory swelling of the right cervical soft tissue. Thrombophlebitis in the right internal jugular vein and multiple pulmonary embolisms were identified on ne...
متن کاملLemierre syndrome.
Lemierre syndrome is an uncommon disease which commonly arise from acute bacterial oropharyngeal infection. This disease was first described in 1900 by Courmont and Cade Lemierre. It is commonly caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum. Lemierre syndrome has been reported to be serious and potentially fatal in the preantibiotic era. It is characterized by an oropharyngeal infection leading to second...
متن کامل[Lemierre syndrome].
al oropharyngeal infection that causes septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and frequent secondary metastatic infections. Also known as necrobacillosis and postanginal septicemia, the syndrome was initially described in 1900 by Courmont and Cade.1 Lemierre, however, provided the first extensive review of cases and description of the syndrome.1 Since the introduction of antibioti...
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life-threatening disease that occurs after an episode of pharyngotonsilitis. It consists of septic thrombosis of the internal jugular vein and bacteremia, and this can lead to septic pulmonary emboli and metastatic abscesses. In the preantibiotic era, Lemierre syndrome was common and it often followed a fulminant course with a mortality rate of 90% (1). The incidence of Lemierre syndrome has si...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1879-7296
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2015.12.001