The combination of acute pharyngotonsillitis, neck pain, fever, and pulmonary 
septic emboli caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum in a healthy young person is 
extremely rare. The entity was described by Lemierre in 1936 as a typical 
syndrome easy to recognize and diagnose exclusively on clinical grounds. A case 
of Lemierre's disease is reported, and 10 other cases found in the medical 
literature are reviewed.