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Case Reports
. 2015 Sep-Oct;81(5):568-70.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2015.03.009. Epub 2015 Jul 21.

Lemierre syndrome: a rare complication of pharyngotonsillitis

Hyun Jin Noh  1 , Claudia Antunha de Freitas  1 , Rafael de Paula E Silva Felici de Souza  2 , Juliana Caminha Simões  3 , Eduardo Macoto Kosugi  4
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Case Reports

Lemierre syndrome: a rare complication of pharyngotonsillitis

Hyun Jin Noh et al. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 Sep-Oct.
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Figure 1
(A) Right cervical doppler ultrasound scan with normal vascular flow. (B) Flow absent in left internal jugular vein. (C) Computed tomography of chest; lung parenchyma showing multiple nodes. (D) Ground-glass appearance in lung bases.
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