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KMID : 1040320160230020143
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Pediatric Infection & Vaccine
2016 Volume.23 No. 2 p.143 ~ p.148
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A Case of Lemierre Syndrome Manifests with Persistent Fever and Neck Stiffness Following Acute Oropharyngeal Infection
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Lee Ye-Na
Hong Ye-Seul
Kim Sung-Soo
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Abstract
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Lemierre syndrome is a rare disease involving multiple organs affected by septic emboli following oropharyngeal infection. After the introduction of penicillin in the 1940s, it became a "forgotten" disease. However, due to the development of diagnostic image modalities including neck computed tomography (CT) scan, the number of published reports of Lemierre syndrome and diagnosis has been increasing since the 1990s. In this report, we describe a case of Lemierre syndrome, following oropharyngeal infection in a 16-year-old patient, who manifested with persistent fever and neck stiffness. Neck ultrasonography confirmed thrombus formation in the right internal jugular vein without definite evidence of septic emboli to other organs. After the three-week-long antibiotics therapy was completed, the thrombus in the right internal jugular vein finally disappeared.
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KEYWORD
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Lemierre syndrome, Thrombophlebitis
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