Necrobacillosis resulting in isolated carotid thrombosis and massive stroke: a unique Lemierre variant?
Munish Kumar Goyal1, Gyanendra Kumar, Robert Burger
1Department of Neurology, University of Missouri Healthcare-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA. goyalm@health.missouri.edu
Abstract:
We describe a healthy, young adult male patient who developed isolated carotid artery thrombosis and occlusion following acute pharyngitis due to Fusobacterium necrophorum. We believe this is the first case of isolated occlusion of internal carotid artery (ICA) with F.necrophorum without associated internal jugular vein (IJV) thrombosis. Lemierre's syndrome (LS) is characterized by a history of recent oropharyngeal infection in previously healthy individuals, clinical or radiological evidence of internal jugular vein thrombosis, and isolation of anaerobic pathogens, mainly F.necrophorum. We discuss literature on this rare, previously unreported, variant of LS.
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