Cardiac and Cerebral Arterial Complications of Lemierre Syndrome: Results from a Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis
Pleming, W.; Barco, S.; Voci, D.; Sacco, C.; Zane, F.; Granziera, S.; Corsi, G.; Konstantinides, S.-V.; Kucher, N.; Pecci, A.; Valerio, L. · Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie · 2022 · Heft 04 · S. 261 bis 267
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Abstract Background Lemierre syndrome is a potentially life-threatening disease, which affects otherwise healthy young adults and adolescents. It is characterized by acute neck vein thrombosis and septic embolism, usually complicating a bacterial infection. Data on the syndrome are sparse, particularly concerning arterial complications. Methods We evaluated the frequency and patterns of cerebral arterial and cardiac involvement (“arterial complications”) in an individual patient level cohort of 712 patients, representing all cases described over the past 20 years in the medical literature who fulfilled the crite…
