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Search Results for Lemierre\'s syndrome
Abstract Number: 336
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Patient is a 51-year-old man who presented with complaints of progressively worsening dyspnea, productive cough, sore throat and intermittent fevers of about 1 week. He has a past medical history of tobacco use. Initial vitals showed a temperature – 100.5F, heart rate – 118 bpm ,blood pressure – 119mmhg/60mmhg , respiratory rate – […]
Abstract Number: 641
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 32-year-old man with no significant past medical history presented with one day of respiratory distress and fever, sore throat, left neck pain and cough for 3 days. He appeared acutely ill, febrile, tachycardic and tachypneic. Lung exam revealed bronchial breath sounds and crepitation on bilateral lower lobes. Laboratory studies revealed neutrophilic leukocytosis and a normal […]
Abstract Number: 701
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 20-year-old otherwise healthy male presented with a three day history of fever, sore throat, and myalgias. He was given supportive care and discharged home after testing negative for strep. He returned three days later with pleuritic chest pain, neck and ear pain, and had developed trismus. On arrival, his heart rate was […]
Abstract Number: 711
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A previously healthy 27 year old female was admitted with a severe cough and pleuritic chest pain after being treated as an outpatient for tonsillitis/pharyngitis 3 weeks prior to admission. Her initial outpatient complaint was sore throat, which was thought to be viral. However, after symptoms did not improve she was treated with […]
Abstract Number: 736
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A healthy 25-year-old man presented with 8 days of progressively worsening sore throat, fever and neck swelling which were unresponsive to 2 outpatient courses of clarithromycin. On presentation, he was febrile, tachycardic, hypotensive, tachypneic and hypoxic. Physical examination was significant for a palpable left-sided neck mass, trismus, and muffled voice. Initial labs revealed […]
Abstract Number: 841
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Lemierre’s syndrome is a clinical syndrome characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular (IJ) vein after an oropharyngeal infection. We present a case of a 36-year-old man with no significant past medical history who presented with one week of subjective fevers/chills, sore throat, and dysphagia. On initial evaluation, vital signs were only […]
Abstract Number: 866
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 15 year-old male with no significant medical history presented with fever, fatigue, headache, and neck pain with stiffness. His symptoms began several days prior to presentation and progressed to inability to fully move his neck, throat and jaw pain, and cognitive slowing. In the ED he underwent evaluation for infection and meningitis. […]
Abstract Number: 918
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old male with no known past medical history presented with a chief complaint of fever, right sided ear pain and dysphagia for 2 weeks. On presentation he was tachycardic (145/min), hypotensive (SBP in the 70s), and tachypneic (36/min). He was volume resuscitated and was empirically started on broad-spectrum antibiotics with imipenem and […]
Abstract Number: A27
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 25 year old woman with history of asthma presented to the emergency department with one week of sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Upon arrival, she was hypotensive, tachycardic, tachypneic, febrile, and was found to have leukocytosis, elevated lactate, procalcitonin, and creatinine prompting concern for septic shock. She […]
Abstract Number: C49
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A healthy 22-year-old presented with four days of acute onset emesis, jaundice, and fever. Four days prior to presentation, the patient ate fried chicken and rice for lunch. Four hours later he had twelve episodes of non-bilious non-bloody vomiting, without associated diarrhea or abdominal pain. Over the next three days, he developed progressive […]