Lemierre syndrome: usefulness of CT in detection of extensive occult thrombophlebitis.
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.
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Service de Neuroradiologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France.
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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