Tharu Biswaraj, Nigussie Bisrat, Woredekal Daniel, Abaleka Fuad I, Gizaw Mahalet
Internal Medicine, Western Reserve Health Education/NEOMED, Youngstown, USA.
Internal Medicine, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, USA.
Cureus. 2020 Jul 16;12(7):e9229. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9229.
Fusobacterium species is known for being a causative agent for Lemierre's syndrome, which is characterized by thrombophlebitis of the jugular vein. However, Fusobacterium species causing Lemierre's variant gastrointestinal syndrome has only been reported in case reports. We present a case of Fusobacterium causing hepatic vein pylephlebitis, multiple brain abscesses, and hepatic abscess. To the best of our knowledge, there have only been four other case reports of Fusobacterium causing hepatic abscesses with associated septic pylephlebitis in the literature.