[Diagnostic image (111). A dyspnoeic man with fever and a sore throat. Lemierre's syndrome].
An 18-year-old man was admitted because of high fever, a sore throat and dyspnoea. Additional investigations revealed tonsillitis, lung abscesses and thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein. Lemierre's syndrome was diagnosed.
van Haelst
P L
PL
Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Intensive Care Beademing, Postbus 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen.
Koornstra
J J
JJ
van der Werf
T S
TS
D000293:Adolescent; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology