Lemierre Syndrome – The forgotten disease

Authors

  • Carlos Eduardo Marcello Divisão de Clínica Médica do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP. Brasil
  • Elizabeth In Myung Kim Divisão de Clínica Médica do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, Brasil
  • Luciana Andréa Avena Smeili Divisão de Clínica Médica do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, Brasil
  • Leonardo Bianqui Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, Brasil
  • Munir Bazzi Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.%25y.26068

Keywords:

Lemierre Syndrome, Pharyngitis, Venous thrombosis, Lung abscess.

Abstract

Acute pharyngitis is among the most common causes of demand for emergency
services. In general, they are benign, mostly of viral or bacterial etiology and
evolve without complications with appropriate therapy. Rarely the infection
extends deeply through the neck tissues generating serious suppurative
complications. Herein is reported a case of a 20-year-old young woman who
developed acute pharyngitis followed by left cervical bulging and cough with
bloody sputum. Chest radiography showed bilateral pulmonary infiltrate which
on thoracic computed tomography slices were represented by cavitary nodules
measuring up to 33 mm universally distributed on both lungs, predominantly on
peripheral location. Computed tomography of the neck with intravenous contrast
showed extensive thrombosis of the left internal jugular vein, from the base of
the skull to the distal third of the neck. Diagnosis of Lemierre Syndrome was
made and the patient was treated with a favorable outcome.

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Published

2011-09-29

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 3 (2011)

Section

Article / Clinical Case Report

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How to Cite

Marcello, C. E., Kim, E. I. M., Smeili, L. A. A., Bianqui, L., & Bazzi, M. (2011). Lemierre Syndrome – The forgotten disease. Autopsy and Case Reports, 1(3), 53-58. https://doi.org/10.4322/acr.%y.26068