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Case Report

Volume 7, Number 3, March 2016, pages 87-89

Facial Cellulitis and Thrombosis With Pulmonary Septic Emboli Mimicking Lemierre’s Syndrome

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. CT scan of the facial bones demonstrating a left facial/preseptal soft tissue swelling, with an associated thrombosis of a second-order branch of the left facial vein.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. CT scan of the chest with contrast demonstrating numerous 1 - 3 cm peripheral predominant pulmonary nodules, some of which are cavitary, most characteristic of septic emboli.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. CT scan of the chest with contrast demonstrating overall decrease in size of the multiple pulmonary nodules, some of which have progressed into purely cavitary lesions slightly thick walled, while others remain solid, but smaller.