Description of the disease * EnglishPolish Pobierz sekcję do PDF Definition Lemierre syndrome is a rare, potentially lethal, oropharyngeal infectious disease occurring in immunocompetent adolescents and young adults that is mainly due to <i>Fusobacterium necrophorum</i> and that is characterized by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein that leads to septic, usually pulmonary, embolism, associated with ENT (ear, nose, and throat) infection that manifests with fever, neck pain, and tonsillopharyngitis. Disease data Classification Disease Synonyms Lemierre postanginal sepsis Poanginowa posocznica Lemierre'a Septyczne zapalenie żyły szyjnej wewnętrznej Wtórna posocznica poanginowa po infekcji gardła Postanginal sepsis secondary to orophyngeal infection Septic phlebitis of the internal jugular vein ORPHA code 137839 OMIM code - ICD10 code J03.8 ICD11 code - *Soruce Extended description of the disease Pobierz sekcję do PDF No additional description. Orphanet - interntowa baza danych dotyczących rzadkich chorób i sierochych leków. ©INSERM 1999 - Dostępna na stronie www.orphanet.pl