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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2011.44.6.437

Lemierre Syndrome  

Bang, Yun-Yi (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine)
Kim, Jung-Tae (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine)
Chang, Woon-Ha (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine)
Oh, Tae-Yun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine)
Kong, Joon-Hyuk (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.44, no.6, 2011 , pp. 437-439 More about this Journal
Abstract
Lemierre syndrome is caused by acute oropharyngeal infections with secondary septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein and is characterized by frequent metastatic infections. A 56-year-old man presented with severe reddish inflammatory swelling of the right cervical soft tissue. Thrombophlebitis in the right internal jugular vein and multiple pulmonary embolisms were identified on neck and chest computed tomography (CT). He was treated with antibiotics and heparin for 4 weeks and then discharged without other complications.
Keywords
Thrombosis; Jugular veins; Pulmonary embolism;
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