Lemierre syndrome: Report of five new cases and literature review

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 323-328

  Weeks, David F ^a   Katz, Douglas S ^b   Saxon, Penny ^b   Kubal, Wayne S ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Jugular vein thrombosis; Lemierre syndrome; Septic emboli

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LUNG NODULE; MALE; NECK; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THORAX; VEIN THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGITIS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955717773     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-010-0858-y     Document Type: Review

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