Case Report
A 32-year-old woman had a an upper respiratory tract infection, with temperatures increasing over 7 days from 100.7° to 104.0°F. By the fifth day, the left side of the neck was swollen. Duplex ultrasonography on day 6 showed left internal jugular vein thrombosis. The white blood cell count was 18,000/mm3, and blood culture grew F necrophorum. After antibiotics, resection of the left internal jugular vein, and excision of several infected lymph nodes, the patient recovered uneventfully.
South Med J. 2001;94(9) © 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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