From: Lemierre’s disease: a case with bilateral iliopsoas abscesses and a literature review
Pulmonary | Soft tissue | Articular | Solid organ/bone | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of cases reported | N = 55 | N = 10 | N = 6 | N = 22 |
2 Mediastinal | 2 Hip | 10 CNS | ||
1 Masseter | 1 TMJ | 3Endocardial | ||
1 Parotid | 1 C1/C2 | 3 Liver | ||
1 Shoulder | 1 Knee | 2 Orbital | ||
1Ear | 1 Shoulder | 2 Solid Bone | ||
1 Neck | 1 Kidney | |||
1 Subphrenic | 1 Pericardial | |||
1 Leg | ||||
Progression to surgery | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Mortality | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |