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Lemierre’s Syndrome presenting with neurological and pulmonary symptoms: Case report and review of the literature

Lemierre’s Syndrome (LS) is a potentially life-threatening condition, characterized by clinical or radiologic evidence of internal jugular vein thrombosis following an oropharyngeal infection, most commonly by Fusobacterium necrophorum. A high index of suspicion and early recognition is important fo...

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Autores principales: Aggarwal, Sushil Kumar, Nath, Alok, Singh, Rajni, Keshri, Amit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956578
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.112489
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description Lemierre’s Syndrome (LS) is a potentially life-threatening condition, characterized by clinical or radiologic evidence of internal jugular vein thrombosis following an oropharyngeal infection, most commonly by Fusobacterium necrophorum. A high index of suspicion and early recognition is important for successful management and to prevent systemic complications like multiorgan failure with extremely high morbidity, prolonged hospitalization and, not uncommonly, death. We are reporting a rare case of LS that was complicated with internal jugular vein and cavernous sinus thrombosis along with lung metastatic lesions, which was diagnosed and treated at our institute.
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spelling pubmed-37240882013-08-16 Lemierre’s Syndrome presenting with neurological and pulmonary symptoms: Case report and review of the literature Aggarwal, Sushil Kumar Nath, Alok Singh, Rajni Keshri, Amit Ann Indian Acad Neurol Case Report Lemierre’s Syndrome (LS) is a potentially life-threatening condition, characterized by clinical or radiologic evidence of internal jugular vein thrombosis following an oropharyngeal infection, most commonly by Fusobacterium necrophorum. A high index of suspicion and early recognition is important for successful management and to prevent systemic complications like multiorgan failure with extremely high morbidity, prolonged hospitalization and, not uncommonly, death. We are reporting a rare case of LS that was complicated with internal jugular vein and cavernous sinus thrombosis along with lung metastatic lesions, which was diagnosed and treated at our institute. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3724088/ /pubmed/23956578 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.112489 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lemierre’s Syndrome presenting with neurological and pulmonary symptoms: Case report and review of the literature
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title_full Lemierre’s Syndrome presenting with neurological and pulmonary symptoms: Case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Lemierre’s Syndrome presenting with neurological and pulmonary symptoms: Case report and review of the literature
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title_short Lemierre’s Syndrome presenting with neurological and pulmonary symptoms: Case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956578
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.112489
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