title: Lemierre syndrome: usefulness of CT in detection of extensive occult thrombophlebitis.
abstract: We report a case of Lemierre syndrome with extensive suppurative thrombophlebitis involving concomitantly the internal jugular, facial and anterior jugular veins. This case illustrates two unusual clinical and imaging features: the lack of characteristic neck symptoms at admission and a negative initial neck US exam. The value of postcontrast CT of the neck and chest for diagnosis of this potentially life-threatening syndrome is illustrated.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neuroradiologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Nguyen-Dinh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marsot-Dupuch
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Portier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lamblin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lasjaunias
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009780:Occult Blood; D013577:Syndrome; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed