Key Points
A pharyngeal infection grew Fusobacterium necrophorum.
Extension of the pharyngeal infection to the internal jugular vein resulted in septic thrombophlebitis.
Contrast computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis.
Specific antibiotic therapy and excision of the internal jugular vein is necessary.
Reprint Address
Reprint requests to Morris D. Kerstein, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1259, New York, NY 10029-6574.
South Med J. 2001;94(9) © 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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