Lemierre's syndrome: a complication of acute oropharyngitis

J Laryngol Otol. 2000 Jul;114(7):545-7. doi: 10.1258/0022215001906110.

Abstract

Lemierre's syndrome is a recognized but infrequently seen complication of acute oropharyngitis. In this case report the patient presented with acute sore throat that led to a bacteraemia with internal jugular vein thrombosis and subsequent cranial nerve palsies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accessory Nerve Diseases / microbiology
  • Adult
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / etiology*
  • Female
  • Fusobacterium Infections* / diagnosis
  • Fusobacterium necrophorum / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Jugular Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Syndrome
  • Tonsillitis / complications*
  • Ultrasonography
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Venous Thrombosis / microbiology
  • Vocal Cord Paralysis / microbiology