title: Severe narrowing of left cavernous carotid artery associated with Fusobacterium necrophorum infection.
abstract: Severe oropharyngeal infection can result in Lemierre's disease, a syndrome with high mortality secondary to inflammation and thrombosis of cervical and intracranial veins with involvement of contiguous structures; however arterial involvement is rare. We report a case of Lemierre's disease in a 12 year old boy with severe narrowing of the left cavernous carotid artery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, UTHealth, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Guenet H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: DeGaffe
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Ian J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shelburne
authors.forename: Gloria P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Heresi
mesh_terms: D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D057831:Lemierre Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male
keywords: Arterial narrowing; CSF; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Lemierre's disease; MRA; MRI; MRV; cerebrospinal fluid; magnetic resonance angiography; magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic resonance venography