Justin Rust

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Imaging saves teen with oral surgery-linked 'forgotten disease'

Imaging and early antibiotic intervention saved the life of an 18-year-old man in Kansas who was diagnosed with Lemierre syndrome, or the "forgotten disease," after wisdom teeth extraction, according to a case report published on October 20 in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science.


Read more on DrBicuspid.com


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