Lemierre Syndrome as a Complication of Laryngeal Carcinoma
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Lemierre syndrome: a rare complication of pharyngotonsillitis.
emierre’s syndrome consists of a pharyngeal infection assoiated with septicemia and internal jugular thrombosis with eptic emboli. This condition was described in 1936 by ndre Lemierre.1,2 It was initially named as post-anginal epticemia, and then, ‘‘forgotten disease’’, by becoming rare condition after the advent of antibiotics, with fewer han 100 cases reported since 1974.2 Lamierre’s syndrom...
متن کاملInternal jugular vein septic thrombophlebitis (lemierre syndrome) as a complication of pharyngitis.
Sore throat is a common presenting complaint in the outpatient setting. Most cases are nonbacterial in origin, but those that are bacterial are usually the result of group A β-hemolytic streptococcus. Guidelines exist to help physicians decide whether to treat with an antibiotic. Lemierre syndrome is a dangerous potential sequela of pharyngitis that results in septic thrombophlebitis of the int...
متن کاملLemierre Syndrome
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...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Practices and Cases in Emergency Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2474-252X
DOI: 10.5811/cpcem.2017.12.36442