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We present a case that is most likely Lemierre’s syndrome. A 19-year-old man presented to us with common-cold-like symptoms, which he had had for 2 days, such as slight fever, general malaise, anorexia, sore throat, and headache. Eight days after the onset of these symptoms, he died of brain herniation due to cerebral venous thrombosis associated with micro-abscesses detected in pathological examination.
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Katayama, W., Fujita, K., Onuma, K., Kamezaki, T., Sakashita, S., Sugita, S. (2013). Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Associated with Micro-Abscesses: Case Report. In: Katayama, Y., Maeda, T., Kuroiwa, T. (eds) Brain Edema XV. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 118. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1434-6_63
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