A Case Report of Lemierre’s Syndrome with Multisystem Dysfunction in the Setting of COVID-19 Exposure in a Pediatric Patient  

作　　者：Kathleen McMahon Odiraa Nwankwor Christina Palladino Laura Czulada Cameron Jacobs Kathleen McMahon;Odiraa Nwankwor;Christina Palladino;Laura Czulada;Cameron Jacobs(Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA;Department of Pediatric Critical Care, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA)

机构地区：[1]Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA [2]Department of Pediatric Critical Care, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA

出　　处：《Case Reports in Clinical Medicine》2021年第9期246-251,共6页临床医学病理报告（英文）

摘　　要：A 17-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with severe sepsis of unknown etiology. The patient was found to have septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein with multiorgan dysfunction and septic embolization to both lungs. The patient was also noted to have COVID-19 IgM antibodies and multiple close COVID-19 exposures prior to the patient’s emergency department presentation. Here, we present the prolonged and complicated hospitalization of this patient and a review of this rare but important disease.A 17-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with severe sepsis of unknown etiology. The patient was found to have septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein with multiorgan dysfunction and septic embolization to both lungs. The patient was also noted to have COVID-19 IgM antibodies and multiple close COVID-19 exposures prior to the patient’s emergency department presentation. Here, we present the prolonged and complicated hospitalization of this patient and a review of this rare but important disease.

关 键 词：Lemierre’s Syndrome SEPSIS COVID-19 THROMBOPHLEBITIS Septic Embolism 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]