• DOI:10.12998/wjcc.v5.i3.112
Corpus ID: 11005576

Pulmonary embolism and internal jugular vein thrombosis as evocative clues of Lemierre’s syndrome: A case report and review of the literature

@article{Giorgi2017PulmonaryEA,
  title={Pulmonary embolism and internal jugular vein thrombosis as evocative clues of Lemierre’s syndrome: A case report and review of the literature},
  author={A. De Giorgi and F. Fabbian and C. Molino and E. Misurati and R. Tiseo and Claudia Parisi and B. Boari and R. Manfredini},
  journal={World Journal of Clinical Cases},
  year={2017},
  volume={5},
  pages={112 - 118}
}

A. De Giorgi, F. Fabbian, +5 authors R. Manfredini

Published 2017

Medicine

World Journal of Clinical Cases

Lemierre’s syndrome (LS) is an uncommon condition with oropharyngeal infections, internal jugular vein thrombosis, and systemic metastatic septic embolization as the main features. Fusobacterium species, a group of strictly anaerobic Gram negative rod shaped bacteria, are advocated to be the main pathogen involved. We report a case of LS complicated by pulmonary embolism and pulmonary septic emboli that mimicked a neoplastic lung condition. A Medline search revealed 173 case reports of LS… CONTINUE READING

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