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Atypical Lemierre’s syndrome due to thrombophlebitis of the anterior jugular vein. A case report
Síndrome de Lemierre atípico por tromboflebitis de la vena yugular anterior. A propósito de un caso
Enrique Rodríguez-Guerreroa,
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, Azahara Fernández-Carbonellb, María López-Soldadoc
a Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
b Servicio de Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Universitario de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
c Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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A neck-chest-abdomen-pelvis CT scan with intravenous contrast confirmed thrombophlebitis of the right anterior jugular vein&#44; as well as bilateral pleural effusion and multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules suggestive of septic embolisms &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>B&#41;&#46; No abnormalities were observed on head CT or echocardiogram&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The patient showed improvement in both clinical and laboratory parameters over the next 2&#8239;weeks&#46; A contrast-enhanced neck and chest CT scan showed complete resolution of the anterior jugular vein thrombus and reduction of the pulmonary septic embolisms&#46; Home discharge was decided with outpatient treatment of 875&#47;125&#8239;mg&#8239;amoxicillin-clavulanic acid every 8&#8239;h for 2&#8239;more weeks&#44; as well as antiplatelet therapy with ASA &#40;100&#8239;mg&#47;24&#8239;h&#41;&#46; Patient fully recovered with no significant sequelae after 6 months of regular monitoring&#46; Anti-platelet therapy was withdrawn&#46;</p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Lemierre&#8217;s syndrome is characterised by thrombosis of the internal jugular vein&#44; although atypical variants&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> such as anterior jugular vein thrombophlebitis&#44; are rare and represent an additional diagnostic difficulty&#46; This syndrome is more common in young males&#44; with an incidence of 3&#46;6 cases per million per year and a mortality of 4&#46;1&#37;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> Risk factors include persistent fever&#44; history of head and neck infections&#44; diabetes&#44; dental caries&#44; among others&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a></p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Although the most commonly associated microorganism is <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Fusobacterium necrophorum</span>&#44; it is not always isolated microbiologically&#46; In our case&#44; the absence of oropharyngeal involvement made it difficult to identify the infectious origin&#44; as blood cultures were negative&#44; which occurs in 7&#46;4&#37; of cases&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a></p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">To date&#44; only two other cases of thrombophlebitis of the anterior jugular vein have been reported&#46; Both required surgical intervention&#44; in one case due to the presence of a dental abscess<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> and in the other case due to extensive neck cellulitis secondary to acute bacterial tonsillitis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a></p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In our case&#44; the action taken in the emergency department made it possible to obtain an early clinical radiological diagnosis&#58; an effective intravenous antibiotic therapy with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid was administered in time&#46; However&#44; there is controversy about the indication for anticoagulation in Lemierre&#8217;s syndrome&#44; as it has not been shown to improve vascular recanalization or mortality rate compared to non-anticoagulated patients&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> Therefore&#44; in our case&#44; the indication was chosen for prophylactic rather than therapeutic purposes&#46;</p><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In conclusion&#44; due to the severity and high mortality risk of Lemierre&#8217;s syndrome&#44; it is very important that this syndrome is considered in the emergency department&#59; not only in cases of high fever with signs of sepsis and oropharyngeal focus&#44; but also in patients with pain in the anterior neck region without oropharyngeal disease&#46;</p><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Ethical considerations</span><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication&#44; as required by current legislation&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">Funding</span><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">There are no sources of funding&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">There are no conflicts of interest&#46;</p></span></span>"
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