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Lemierre Syndrome Following Oropharyngeal Infection: A Case Series
Miranda D. Lu, Zubin Vasavada and Christina Tanner
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine January 2009, 22 (1) 79-83; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.01.070247
Miranda D. Lu
MD
Zubin Vasavada
MD
Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Computed tomography scan of the neck with contrast shows complete thrombosis of the right external jugular vein with lymphadenopathy and fat-stranding of the surrounding soft tissues. Retropharyngeal phlegmon is noted (measuring bars).
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Lemierre Syndrome Following Oropharyngeal Infection: A Case Series
Miranda D. Lu, Zubin Vasavada, Christina Tanner
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jan 2009, 22 (1) 79-83; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.01.070247
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