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ArticleJornal vascular brasileiro

Lemierre syndrome: case report.

Rodrigo de Oliveira Veras, Linda Luísa Barasuol, Carolina Pedrassani de Lira, Flávia Caroline Klostermann, Lourenço Sabo Müller, Luiz Eduardo Nercolini, Gustavo Fabiano Nogueira

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Article in Jornal vascular brasileiro. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rodrigo de Oliveira VerasFaculdade Evangélica do Paraná - FEPAR, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Linda Luísa BarasuolFaculdade Evangélica do Paraná - FEPAR, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Carolina Pedrassani de LiraHospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba - HUEC, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Flávia Caroline KlostermannHospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba - HUEC, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Lourenço Sabo MüllerHospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba - HUEC, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Luiz Eduardo NercoliniHospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba - HUEC, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Gustavo Fabiano NogueiraHospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba - HUEC, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba · BRFaculdade Evangélica do Paraná · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lemierre syndrome is characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein, after an oropharyngeal infection, with septic embolization to the lungs or other organs. This case report describes a 37-year-old female patient who presented with edema and pain in the right hemiface with onset 3 days previously and progressive fatigue and dyspnea since the previous day. She had had tooth 48 extracted 3 days previously. Physical examination at admission found tachypnea, with 60% saturation (in room air), edema at the angle of the right mandible, diffuse reduction of vesicular murmur, and calves free from clubbing. Angiotomography of the chest and laboratory tests were compatible with septic emboli, and cervical computed tomography confirmed a diagnosis of septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein. She was managed with antibiotics and given treatment for her symptoms. Lemierre syndrome most often occurs in young men and there is embolization to the lungs in up to 97% of cases. Rarely, the etiology of this syndrome may be tooth extraction. Computed tomography is the imaging method most often used for diagnosis and treatment is basically antibiotic. Surgery is thus rarely necessary.

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Lemierre syndromepulmonary embolismthrombophlebitistooth extraction

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PMCPMC6375262
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