(Post-anginous septic syndrome)

Septic complication of an infection of the oropharyngeal region (pharyngitis, periodontitis, tonsillitis) by anaerobic gram-negative germs (fusobacteria, for example, such as Fusobacterium necrophorum) with thrombophlebitis of the jugular veins and septic metastasis, including in the lungs.

Anesthetic implications:

sepsis. Thrombophlebitis of the jugular veins. Exclude the presence of a pre-existing thrombophilia.

References : 

-        Benhayoun M, Llor J, Van Den Abbeele T, Elmaleh M, Mariani P, Beaufils F, Dauger S. 
Un cas de syndrome de Lemierre avec thrombose veineuse jugulaire bilatérale. 
Arch Pédiatr 2003; 10 : 1071-4.

Updated: February 2019