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Vol. 43. Issue 2.
Pages 83-85 (January 2001)
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Vol. 43. Issue 2.
Pages 83-85 (January 2001)
Manifestaciones radiológicas del Síndrome de Lemierre: a propósito de un caso*
Radiological features of lemierre’s syndrome: a case report
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M. del Mar Tapia-Viñéa, Beatriz González-García,a, Ana Bustosa, Jorge Cabello1
1 Servicio de Medicina Interna. Hospital Clínico «San Carlos». Madrid.
a Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico
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El síndrome de Lemierre es una sepsis por anaerobios secundaria a una infección faringoamigdalina que se complica con una tromboflebi-tis supurada de la vena yugular ipsilateral y embolismos sépticos.

Las pruebas de imagen son importantes para la confirmación del diagnóstico. En la radiografía de tórax pueden observarse lesiones nodulares periféricas cavitadas, mal definidas. La tomografía computari-zada (TC) es útil para confirmar dichas lesiones pulmonares, que son sugerentes de émbolos sépticos. La ecografía-Doppler cervical es fundamental para demostrar la trombosis de la vena yugular interna.

Presentamos un paciente con clínica y hallazgos radiológicos carac-terísticos de Síndrome de Lemierre.

Palabras clave:
Síndrome de Lemierre
Cavitación pulmonary
Faringitis
Vena yugular
Trombosis venosa
Abstract

Lemierre’s syndrome is a type of sepsis caused by anaerobes that is secondary to a pharyngotonsillar infection complicated by suppurative thrombophlebitis of ipsilateral jugular vein and septic emboli.

Imaging studies are valuable tools for confirming the diagnosis. Chest x-ray reveals poorly defined cavitated, peripheral, nodular lesions. Computed tomography (CT) is useful in confirming the pulmonary lesions, which are suggestive of septic emboli. Doppler ultrasound of the neck plays and indispensable role in demostrating the internal jugular vein thrombosis.

We report the case of a patient who presented the characteristic clinical and radiological features of Lemierre’s syndrome.

Key words:
Lemierre’s syndrome
Pulmonary cavitation
Pharyngitis
Jugular vein
Venous thrombosis

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