Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis following Oropharyngeal Infection

Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis following Oropharyngeal Infection

Internal jugular vein thrombosis (IJVT) is a rare condition which may lead to life-threatening complications such as sepsis and pulmonary embolism. Prolonged central venous catheterization, intravenous (IV) drug use, trauma, and radiotherapy are the most frequent causes of the IJVT. IJVT that develo...

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Main Authors: Bostanci, Asli, Turhan, Murat
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4589581/
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spelling pubmed-45895812015-10-11 Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis following Oropharyngeal Infection Bostanci, Asli Turhan, Murat Case Report Internal jugular vein thrombosis (IJVT) is a rare condition which may lead to life-threatening complications such as sepsis and pulmonary embolism. Prolonged central venous catheterization, intravenous (IV) drug use, trauma, and radiotherapy are the most frequent causes of the IJVT. IJVT that develops after the oropharyngeal infection is a quite rare situation today. In this paper, a 37-year-old woman was presented; swelling occurred on her neck after acute tonsillitis and she was diagnosed with IJVT through Doppler ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging and managed without complications. Early diagnosis and conservative treatment with broad-spectrum IV antibiotics and anticoagulant agents have a critical importance for the prevention of fatal complications. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4589581/ /pubmed/26457221 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/538439 Text en Copyright © 2015 A. Bostanci and M. Turhan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Bostanci, Asli
Turhan, Murat
spellingShingle Bostanci, Asli
Turhan, Murat
Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis following Oropharyngeal Infection
author_facet Bostanci, Asli
Turhan, Murat
author_sort Bostanci, Asli
title Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis following Oropharyngeal Infection
title_short Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis following Oropharyngeal Infection
title_full Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis following Oropharyngeal Infection
title_fullStr Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis following Oropharyngeal Infection
title_full_unstemmed Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis following Oropharyngeal Infection
title_sort internal jugular vein thrombosis following oropharyngeal infection
description Internal jugular vein thrombosis (IJVT) is a rare condition which may lead to life-threatening complications such as sepsis and pulmonary embolism. Prolonged central venous catheterization, intravenous (IV) drug use, trauma, and radiotherapy are the most frequent causes of the IJVT. IJVT that develops after the oropharyngeal infection is a quite rare situation today. In this paper, a 37-year-old woman was presented; swelling occurred on her neck after acute tonsillitis and she was diagnosed with IJVT through Doppler ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging and managed without complications. Early diagnosis and conservative treatment with broad-spectrum IV antibiotics and anticoagulant agents have a critical importance for the prevention of fatal complications.
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4589581/
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