Multiplanar Computed Tomography Reconstruction to Diagnose Lemierre’s Syndrome

摘要

First reported in 1918 by Schottmuller and further popularized by Andre Lemierre in 1936, Lemierre’s syndrome (LS) is characterized by a history of recent oropharyngeal infection, clinical or radiologic evidence of internal jugular vein (IJV) thrombosis, and isolation of an anaerobic pathogen, mainly . It is also named postanginal sepsis or necrobacillosis and is seen mostly in healthy teenagers and young adults. Anaerobic infection may result in septic thrombophlebitis of the ipsilateral IJV with subsequent septicemia and septic embolization, which cause metastatic abscesses in the lungs, bones, large joints, liver, kidneys, and peritoneum.