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Vol. 58. Issue 5.
Pages 217-218 (January 2007)
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Vol. 58. Issue 5.
Pages 217-218 (January 2007)
Lemierre's Syndrome. An Unusual Variant
Síndrome de Lemierre. Caso poco habitual
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Lina Rosique López
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lrosiquel@hotmail.com

Correspondence: Carril del Salabosque, 3. 30012 Murcia. España.
, Francisco Rodríguez Domínguez, Pilar Navarro Paule, Alejandro Soler Valcárcel
Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain
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Lemierre's syndrome or postanginal septicaemia is described in the literature as an unusual complication of oropharyngeal infection. In most cases the syndrome is caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum. This disease usually occurs in young healthy individuals with an oropharyngeal infection, implying high fever, cervical tumefaction, and cervical pain, frequently associated with septic lung embolization.

This case report is an unusual variant of this disease in a 12-year-old patient whose site of primary infection was the middle ear.

Keywords:
Middle otitis
Lemierre's syndrome
Jugular thrombosis
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El síndrome de Lemierre, o sepsis postanginosa, se ha descrito como una rara complicación de infecciones de la cavidad orofaríngea. Su etiología, en la mayoría de las ocasiones, se debe a Fusobacterium necrophorum. La clínica ocurre generalmente en pacientes jóvenes y sanos que, en el curso de una faringoamigadalitis, presentan dolor cervical y fiebre alta debido a la trombosis de la vena yugular interna, frecuentemente en relación con embolias pulmonares sépticas. El caso presentado es poco habitual, dentro de la rareza de este síndrome, ya que se produce en una niña de 12 años en el curso de una otitis media aguda.

Palabras clave:
Otitis media
Síndrome de Lemierre
Trombosis yugular

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