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Lemierre Syndrome with Blepharoptosis

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2010Publisher:Japanese Society of Internal MedicineJournal:Internal Medicine, volume 49, pages 753-757 (issn: 0918-2918, eissn: 1349-7235,

Authors: Misa Nakano; Toshiyuki Takase; Akinori Takeshita; Megu Yamaguchi; Yasuo Takeuchi; Hitoshi Nishizawa; Taku Yasumoto; +3 Authors

doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.2779

pmid: 20424365

Lemierre Syndrome with Blepharoptosis

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Abstract

A 51-year-old woman was hospitalized with a high fever, occipital pain, blepharoptosis, and trismus. Enhanced CT showed thrombophlebitis of her left cavernous sinus, maxillary vein, and multiple pulmonary nodular lesions. (18)F-FDG PET/CT showed significant uptakes in the same lesions. Streptococcus constellatus was detected in her blood. Therefore, she was diagnosed as a Lemierre syndrome variant. After administration of antibiotics, all symptoms, inflammatory reactions, and thrombi disappeared. Since Lemierre syndrome has life-threatening potential, early diagnosis and initiation of appropriate therapy are important. In this case, (18)F-FDG PET/CT was useful to detect the focus and extent of infection.

Related Organizations

Toyonaka Municipal Hospital
Japan

Keywords

Streptococcal Infections, Blepharoptosis, Humans, Female, Syndrome, Middle Aged, Streptococcus constellatus

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