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Lemierre Syndrome in a Teenager Presenting as Pulmonary Septic Embolism

, 2021
Lemierre syndrome is easily missed and may be more common than generally believed. Usually a complication of a deep neck abscess, it can present suddenly with shortness of breath and hypoxemia.
Candeias, F, Domingues, R, Kjöllerström, P, Brito, MJ, Neves, JF   +4 more
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Intractable Pyopneumothorax due to Lemierre's Syndrome Treated With an Endobronchial Watanabe Spigot (EWS)

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2025.
This manuscript reports a rare case of Lemierre's syndrome complicated by pyothorax with bronchopleural fistulas and intractable pneumothorax in a 29‐year‐old woman. Despite infection control with antibiotics and thoracic drainage, persistent air leakage required intervention with endobronchial watanabe spigots (EWS), which successfully resolved the ...
Mio Sugino, Masao Hashimoto, Sho Morishima, Ayumi Tonsho, Hiroto Hatano, Yutaro Ueki, Mika Iwasaki, Akane Ishida, Go Naka, Shinyu Izumi, Tatsuo Maeyashiki, Satoshi Nagasaka, Masayuki Hojo   +12 more
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Complicated Lemierre Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus gordonii and Possible Rickettsial Co-Infection in a Patient with Thrombophilia Predisposition

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2017
Aims: Lemierre syndrome is a life-threating condition characterized by recent oropharyngeal infection, internal jugular vein thrombosis, and anaerobic septicemia. It is usually caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum.
Antreas Iacovou Ioannou, Dimitra Dimitriou, Panagiotis Dimitriou, Aram Katsios, Georgios Petrikkos   +4 more
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Atypical Lemierre syndrome

European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases, 2016
Lemierre syndrome is a complication of oropharyngeal infection and consists of a combination of internal jugular vein septic thrombophlebitis with septicaemia and distant septic emboli (mainly in the lungs). We describe an atypical case with facial vein and anterior jugular vein thrombophlebitis.A 34-year-old woman attended the emergency room with ...
Risoud, M., Mortuaire, G., Chevalier, D., Rysman, B.   +3 more
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Lemierre syndrome presenting as acute mastoiditis in a 2-year-old girl with congenital dwarfism

Infectious Disease Reports, 2015
Lemierre syndrome is defined by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein caused by Fusobacterium. Historically, these infections originate from the oropharynx and typically are seen in older children, adolescents and young adults.
Jason B. Fischer, Andrew Prout, R. Alexander Blackwood, Kavita Warrier   +3 more
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Rare Case of Focal Organising Pneumonia With Extension to Interlobar Space and Adjacent Lobe Initially Suspected as Lung Cancer

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2025.
We report a rare case of focal organising pneumonia (FOP) that was initially suspected to be lung cancer with interlobar pleural invasion and extension to the interlobar space and the adjacent lobe. ABSTRACT Organising pneumonia is histopathologically characterised by inflammatory granulation tissue plugs within the lumen of the small airways ...
Sachie Koike, Takayuki Shiina, Keiichiro Takasuna, Akane Kato, Koudai Komatsu, Toshitsugu Nakamura   +5 more
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Lemierre syndrome and nosocomial transmission of Fusobacterium necrophorum from patient to physician

, 2010
Human-to-human transmission of Fusobacterium necrophorum has not been described before.; We present the case of a 15-year-old girl with Lemierre Syndrome and possible nosocomial transmission of F. necrophorum to her treating physician in hospital.; Early
U. Heininger, E. Nava, Trachsel, D., Nava, E., Bonhoeffer, J., J. Bonhoeffer, D. Trachsel, J. Hammer, Hammer, J., Heininger, U.   +9 more
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Grave Complication of Pharyngitis: Lemierre syndrome [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Fusobacterium necrophorum is the causative agent in the pharyngitis. After invasion of the oropharyngeal mucosa by the organism leads to the development of the grave complications like superficial thrombophlebitis of internal jugular vein, septic emboli
Suthar Pokhraj Prakashchandra, Ankit Kumar B. Patel, Kimmyben Patel, Raj Kumar Doshi P., Narottam A. Patel   +4 more
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Lemierre Syndrome with Blepharoptosis

Internal Medicine, 2010
A 51-year-old woman was hospitalized with a high fever, occipital pain, blepharoptosis, and trismus. Enhanced CT showed thrombophlebitis of her left cavernous sinus, maxillary vein, and multiple pulmonary nodular lesions. (18)F-FDG PET/CT showed significant uptakes in the same lesions. Streptococcus constellatus was detected in her blood.
Yamaguchi, Megu, Nishizawa, Hitoshi, Yasumoto, Taku, Kimura, Takekazu, Takeuchi, Yasuo, Takeshita, Akinori, Takase, Toshiyuki, Fujimoto, Hiroaki, Nakano, Misa, Fukunaga, Megumu   +9 more
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A 10‐year cross‐sectional study showed that anti‐coagulation therapy was not always of value when treating paediatric cases with septic cerebral venous thrombosis

Acta Paediatrica, Volume 114, Issue 2, Page 378-387, February 2025.
Abstract Aim Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare complication of ear, nose and throat (ENT) infections. Although recent guidelines recommend the systematic use of anti‐coagulation therapy (ACT) in the treatment of these CVT, literature data are scarce.
Juliette Eloy, Audrey Hochart, Gustavo Soto‐Ares, Marion Lagree, Grégory Kuchcinski, Mélodie‐Anne Karnoub, Alix Maltezeanu, Stéphane Leteurtre, François Dubos   +8 more
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