The Diagnosis Of A Sinister Sore Throat In This Collegiate Basketball Player Is No Lay Up - Page #3
 

Lab Studies:
CMP with Glucose 185, BUN 60, Cr. 3.05, GFR 31, Bili 5.5, AST 56, ALT 42. CBC with WBC 23.6, PLT 91. Procalcitonin 96.

Other Studies:
Negative Results: AFB Smear, Malaria, HIV, GC+Chlamydia, Syphilis
Positive Results: RSV, Blood Culture: Streptococcus viridans, Fusobacterium necrophorum
Computed tomography angiography with findings consistent with tonsillitis, left internal jugular thrombosis Case Photo #1 Case Photo #2 , and septic pulmonary emboli Case Photo #3 Case Photo #4

Consultations:
Infectious Disease
ENT
Vascular
Dental

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