ReviewBMC infectious diseases2019
Atypical presentation of Lemierre's syndrome: case report and literature review.
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- An atypical presentation of Lemierre syndrome in a child with nephrotic syndrome: a case report and literature review.International journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
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- Therapeutic Management of Septic Venous Thrombosis: A Narrative Review.Infectious disease reports · 2026Review
- Atypical Lemierre's syndrome in a tuberculosis survivor: facial abscess and brachiocephalic thrombosis mimicking disseminated infection: a case report.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Lemierre's Syndrome: A Rare but Resurging Disease.Cureus · 2025Article
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- Advances in the relationship between periodontopathogens and respiratory diseases (Review).Molecular medicine reports · 2024Review
- Case report: The use of metagenomic next-generation sequencing to diagnose Lemierre's syndrome caused by lost root canal fillings in a 33-year-old patient with metabolic syndrome.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Lemierre Syndrome Presenting as Tender Goiter.Cureus · 2023Article
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- Complex Lemierre syndrome with multisystemic abscesses.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- Lemierre Syndrome: A Diagnosis behind the Veil.Case reports in infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Myometritis with pelvic septic vein thrombophlebitis secondary toBMJ case reports · 2022Article
- Severe thrombocytopenia and jaundice associated with Lemierre's syndrome: A case report.World journal of emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Lemierre's Syndrome: Case Presentation of a Rare and Possibly Life-Threatening Condition.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Severe case of Lemierre syndrome with multiple neurological and ophthalmological sequelae.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Not All Pulmonary Densifications Are COVID-19: A Case Report About Lemierre's Syndrome.Cureus · 2021Article
- Isolated Septic Arthritis of the Hip Due to Fusobacterium Nucleatum in An Immunocompetent Adult: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2021Article
- Rare, post-periodontitis spondylodiscitis caused byBMJ case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe classic Lemierre's syndrome refers to a septic thrombosis of the internal jugular vein, usually caused by a Fusobacterium necrophorum infection starting in the oral cavity, and typically complicated by pulmonary emboli. However, unusual forms of the disorder have been rarely reported. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe an unusual case of a previously healthy 58-year-old male with Lemierre's syndrome, manifesting with lumbar pain and fever. A thrombosis of the iliac veins and abscesses in the right iliac and the left psoas muscles was diagnosed by a computed tomography scan, together with a right lung pneumonia complicated by pleural effusion and an L4-L5 spondylodiscitis. Blood culture and pus drainage were positive for Fusobacterium nucleatum and an atypical Lemierre's syndrome was suspected. The patient was treated with anticoagulant therapy for 12 weeks and intravenous antibiotic therapy for 6 weeks with a good evolution and resolution of the thrombosis.
conclusionsThis case illustrates the thrombogenic and thromboembolic tendency of Fusobacterium nucleatum and its potential invasiveness, regardless of the site of primary infection. The concept of an atypical Lemierre's syndrome is redefined here to take into consideration non-cervical sites.
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