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Case Reports
. 2014 Mar;15(2):125-6.
doi: 10.5811/westjem.2013.12.20418.

Lemierre's Syndrome

Jayten Shook  1 , Christopher Trigger  1
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Case Reports

Lemierre's Syndrome

Jayten Shook et al. West J Emerg Med. 2014 Mar.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Large mass on left lateral neck.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Coronal computed tomography of the neck with contrast demonstrating a 3.3 cm loculated abscess (*) in the left posterior triangle with adjacent cervical adenitis and left internal jugular vein occlusion.
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References

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    1. Kim BY, Yoon DY, Kim HC, et al. Thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (Lemierre syndrome): clinical and CT findings. Acta Radiol. 2013;54(6):622–627. - PubMed

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