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Lemierre's syndrome: a potentially fatal complication that may require vascular surgical intervention.

Charles K, Flinn WR, Neschis DG

Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.

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.

Published 8 November 2005 in J Vasc Surg, 42(5): 1023-5.
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