LEMIERRE SYNDROME

Authors
BARKER J WINERMURAM HT GREY SM
Citation
J. Barker et al., LEMIERRE SYNDROME, Southern medical journal, 89(10), 1996, pp. 1021-1023
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Southern medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384348
Volume
89
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1021 - 1023
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(1996)89:10<1021:LS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report a case of Lemierre syndrome, Although it is seen infrequentl y, it must be considered in patients with sore throat or dental pain, lateral neck pain, sepsis, and pulmonary symptoms, Diagnosis is based on clinical presentation, occurrence of anaerobic septicemia, radiolog ic evidence of internal jugular venous thrombosis, and pulmonary septi c emboli.