Severe narrowing of left cavernous carotid artery associated with Fusobacterium necrophorum infection

Guenet H DeGaffe; James R Murphy; Ian J Butler; Julia Shelburne; Gloria P Heresi

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2013.04.001

Severe narrowing of left cavernous carotid artery associated with Fusobacterium necrophorum infection

Anaerobe. 2013 Aug:22:118-20. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2013.04.001. Epub 2013 May 7.

Authors

Guenet H DeGaffe¹, James R Murphy, Ian J Butler, Julia Shelburne, Gloria P Heresi

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

PMID: 23664903
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2013.04.001

Abstract

Severe oropharyngeal infection can result in Lemierre's disease, a syndrome with high mortality secondary to inflammation and thrombosis of cervical and intracranial veins with involvement of contiguous structures; however arterial involvement is rare. We report a case of Lemierre's disease in a 12 year old boy with severe narrowing of the left cavernous carotid artery.

Keywords: Arterial narrowing; CSF; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Lemierre's disease; MRA; MRI; MRV; cerebrospinal fluid; magnetic resonance angiography; magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance venography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Carotid Artery, Internal*
Carotid Stenosis / microbiology*
Child
Fusobacterium Infections / diagnosis
Fusobacterium Infections / microbiology*
Fusobacterium necrophorum / isolation & purification*
Humans
Lemierre Syndrome / complications*
Male