title: Life threatening complication of sore throat: Lemierre's syndrome.
abstract: The authors report a case of previously healthy toddler who presented with acute sore throat that led to bacteremia, septic shock, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, encephalopathy and pleural effusion. Magnetic resonance imaging and venogram showed thrombosis of the internal jugular vein. He was successfully treated with antibiotics and low molecular weight heparin. The authors review the literature and explore the presentation, management and the role of anticoagulation in this condition. To the authors' knowledge, this is one of the youngest patient reports with this condition in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Infirmary square, Leicester, LE1 5WW, UK.
authors.forename: Arif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Subramanian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ganesan
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: Nahin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hussain
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D057831:Lemierre Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000150:complications*