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Case Reports
. 2011 Dec;44(6):437-9.
doi: 10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.6.437. Epub 2011 Dec 7.

Lemierre syndrome

Yun Yi Bang  1 , Jung-Tae Kim, Woon-Ha Chang, Tae Yun Oh, Joon-Hyuk Kong
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Case Reports

Lemierre syndrome

Yun Yi Bang et al. Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

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 neck and chest computed tomography (CT). He was treated with antibiotics and heparin for 4 weeks and then discharged without other complications.

Keywords: Jugular veins; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombosis.

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Fig. 1
Neck CT showing thrombosis of the right internal jugular vein and swelling of the right neck.
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Chest CT showing a pulmonary embolism of the right pulmonary artery and multiple enlarged lymph nodes.
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