title: Acute neck pain referred to the surgeon: Lemierre's syndrome as a differential diagnosis.
abstract: Lemierre's syndrome is usually reported in the young and in fit individuals. We report a case of an 81-year-old woman who presented with thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein with a pulmonary embolism.
authors.affiliation: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK. dipankarchattopadhyay@hotmail.com
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Mostafa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carr
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D057831:Lemierre Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000925:Anticoagulants; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight