Gallium scintigraphy in Lemierre syndrome
| Autor: | Anne B. Morris, James P. Polga, Wendy Hanafee |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Gallium Radioisotopes Scintigraphy Thrombophlebitis Sepsis Angina Fusobacterium necrophorum Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Septic thrombophlebitis Radionuclide Imaging Internal jugular vein medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry ved/biology General Medicine Syndrome medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Surgery cardiovascular system Female Radiology business Complication |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nuclear medicine. 20(8) |
| ISSN: | 0363-9762 |
| Popis: | Lemierre syndrome, also known as postanginal sepsis, refers to an acute oropharyngeal infection with septic thrombophlebitis of the Internal jugular vein and multiple metastatic infections from septic emboli, most commonly to the lungs. The disease generally results from gram-negative anaerobic organisms, usually Fusobacterium necrophorum. This is a case report of Lemierre syndrome In an 18-year-old man with appropriate Ga-67 Imaging, CT, and chest radiographs. |
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