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Lemierre syndrome complicated by bronchopleural fistula
N Kodaka, C Nakano, T Oshio, H Matsuse
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Meguro City, Tokyo, Japan
| Date of Submission | 12-Sep-2022 |
| Date of Decision | 14-Nov-2022 |
| Date of Acceptance | 08-Dec-2022 |
| Date of Web Publication | 27-Jun-2023 |
Correspondence Address:
H Matsuse,
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Meguro City, Tokyo
Japan
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_722_22 PMID: 37376756
We present a 19-year-old woman, a case of Lemierre syndrome, who presented with fever, sore throat, and left shoulder pain. Imaging revealed a thrombus in the right internal jugular vein, multiple nodular shadows below both pleura with some cavitations, right lung necrotizing pneumonia, pyothorax, abscess in the infraspinatus muscle, and multiloculated fluid collections in the left hip joint. After inserting a chest tube and administering urokinase for the pyothorax, a bronchopleural fistula was suspected. The fistula was identified based on clinical symptoms and computed tomography scan findings. If a bronchopleural fistula is present, thoracic lavage should not be performed as it may cause complications such as contralateral pneumonia due to reflux.
Keywords: Bronchial fistula, empyema, Lemierre syndrome
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