A CASE OF LEMIERRE'S SYNDROME ARISING FROM TONSILLAR ABSCESS TO PYOTHORAX

Abstract

　Lemierre's syndrome is a systemic infectious disease characterized by the development of thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein after an oropharyngeal infection, which can eventually be complicated by sepsis and/or organ abscesses in distant areas. With the wide use of antibiotics in clinical practice, this disease is regarded as extremely rare, however in recent years, the number of domestic reports on the disease has been increasing. We report a case of sepsis caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, which was considered as a case of Lemierre's syndrome, as the patient initially presented with a left peritonsillar abscess, and subsequently developed pulmonary embolism, pyothorax and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).