Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore · 2005
A case of Lemierre's syndrome presenting with multiple pulmonary abscesses associated with a tension hydropneumothorax resulting in a mediastinal shift.
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Venkateswaran S, Sze F K H
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INTRODUCTION: We report a case of Lemierre's syndrome.
CLINICAL PICTURE: A previously healthy 36-year-old woman presented with a 2- to 3-month history of fever, cough, dyspnoea and sore throat, which had worsened in the week prior to presentation. Computed tomography of the thorax showed multiple bilateral cavitating lesions and a right-sided hydropneumothorax with mediastinal shift. Blood cultures grew Fusobacterium and Bacteroides species.
TREATMENT: Broad-spectrum antibiotics were commenced, a chest drain was inserted, and the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit due to worsening respiratory failure.
OUTCOME: Despite intensive supportive care with broad-spectrum antibiotics, aggressive fluid resuscitation and high-dose inotropic support, the patient developed acute renal failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation and intractable shock, and succumbed 8 days later.
CONCLUSIONS: Although this condition is uncommon, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with pulmonary cavitating lesions, especially in the context of fever and rigors preceded by a sore throat.
CLINICAL PICTURE: A previously healthy 36-year-old woman presented with a 2- to 3-month history of fever, cough, dyspnoea and sore throat, which had worsened in the week prior to presentation. Computed tomography of the thorax showed multiple bilateral cavitating lesions and a right-sided hydropneumothorax with mediastinal shift. Blood cultures grew Fusobacterium and Bacteroides species.
TREATMENT: Broad-spectrum antibiotics were commenced, a chest drain was inserted, and the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit due to worsening respiratory failure.
OUTCOME: Despite intensive supportive care with broad-spectrum antibiotics, aggressive fluid resuscitation and high-dose inotropic support, the patient developed acute renal failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation and intractable shock, and succumbed 8 days later.
CONCLUSIONS: Although this condition is uncommon, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with pulmonary cavitating lesions, especially in the context of fever and rigors preceded by a sore throat.