Lemierre syndrome in a previously healthy young girl

Lemierre syndrome is a severe postanginal sepsis complicated by internal jugular thrombophlebitis. We report on a 14 y‐old girl affected by high fever, shivering chills, headache, severe lateral neck pain, left ocular proptosis and general malaise. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head and neck showed right internal jugular vein and sigmoid sinus thrombosis. Fusobacterium sp. was identified in the blood culture.