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Query: UMLS:C0343525 (
Lemierre's syndrome
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Septic phlebitis
of the internal jugular vein,
Lemierre's syndrome
, is extremely rare. However,
Lemierre's syndrome
may cause septic pulmonary emboli or result in fatal systemic sepsis, or both, if a timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment are not provided. We present a case of
Lemierre's syndrome
that occurred in an otherwise healthy young man. In this case, progression to a moribund state was rapid, and surgical intervention proved lifesaving.
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PMID:Lemierre's syndrome: a potentially fatal complication that may require vascular surgical intervention. 1627 66
