Fig. 9
From: Non-neoplastic pathology at the crossroads between neck imaging and cardiothoracic imaging
Lemierre’s syndrome. Contrast-enhanced axial (a) CT image of the thoracic inlet demonstrating a filling defect (asterisk) within the left internal jugular vein consistent with acute thrombus. Contrast-enhanced coronal (b) CT image demonstrates the extensive inflammatory changes and abscesses (arrow) within the soft tissues of the left neck. Together, these findings are consistent with the findings of Lemierre’s syndrome with extension into the thoracic inlet. Axial noncontrast CT (c) images in a companion case demonstrating multiple septic emboli within the pulmonary parenchyma (arrows). Note that a large right and small left complex pleural fluid collection (asterisk) was also present in this patient