Lemierre Syndrome Complicated by Emphysematous Osteomyelitis

Lemierre syndrome is characterized by severe pharyngitis, internal jugular vein thrombosis, and septic emboli. We present a case of emphysematous osteomyelitis secondary to Lemierre syndrome in a 27-year-old previously healthy man. Despite the high mortality associated with these conditions, full sy...

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Autores principales: Cotton, Jesse J, Lang, Frederick M, Onyilofor, Chinelo, Ritter, Abigail, Gunaratne, Shauna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10505499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37724221
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43719
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author Cotton, Jesse J
Lang, Frederick M
Onyilofor, Chinelo
Ritter, Abigail
Gunaratne, Shauna
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description Lemierre syndrome is characterized by severe pharyngitis, internal jugular vein thrombosis, and septic emboli. We present a case of emphysematous osteomyelitis secondary to Lemierre syndrome in a 27-year-old previously healthy man. Despite the high mortality associated with these conditions, full symptom resolution can be achieved with early diagnosis and aggressive management.
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spelling pubmed-105054992023-09-18 Lemierre Syndrome Complicated by Emphysematous Osteomyelitis Cotton, Jesse J Lang, Frederick M Onyilofor, Chinelo Ritter, Abigail Gunaratne, Shauna Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Lemierre syndrome is characterized by severe pharyngitis, internal jugular vein thrombosis, and septic emboli. We present a case of emphysematous osteomyelitis secondary to Lemierre syndrome in a 27-year-old previously healthy man. Despite the high mortality associated with these conditions, full symptom resolution can be achieved with early diagnosis and aggressive management. Cureus 2023-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10505499/ /pubmed/37724221 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43719 Text en Copyright © 2023, Cotton et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Lemierre Syndrome Complicated by Emphysematous Osteomyelitis
title_full Lemierre Syndrome Complicated by Emphysematous Osteomyelitis
title_fullStr Lemierre Syndrome Complicated by Emphysematous Osteomyelitis
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title_short Lemierre Syndrome Complicated by Emphysematous Osteomyelitis
title_sort lemierre syndrome complicated by emphysematous osteomyelitis
topic Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10505499/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43719
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