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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct-Dec;67(4):249-250.
doi: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_45_21.

Rapidly progressing incomplete Lemierre syndrome

T M Marques  1 , A Almeida  1 , L Cruz  1 , T Ferreira  1
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Case Reports

Rapidly progressing incomplete Lemierre syndrome

T M Marques et al. J Postgrad Med. 2021 Oct-Dec.
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Figure 1
Computed tomography of chest showing multiple subpleural peripheral nodules, some of them with hypodense center (green arrow) suggesting incipient cavitation
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Figure 2
Computed tomography of chest showing bilateral pleural effusions (yellow asterisks) with small pericardium effusion (blue arrow)
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