Soap bubble appearance in brain magnetic resonance imaging: cryptococcal meningoencephalitis

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Ribeiro, Jose Carlos Castelo Branco¹  Instituto de Doencas Tropicais Natan Portella, Teresina, Brasil¹  Costa, Carlos Henrique Nery¹  Faculdade de Medicina Integral Diferencial, Teresina, Brasil¹  Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, Brasil¹  Rabelo, Marcos Glebson Gomes¹  Vieira, Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva¹  Nunes-Filho, Lucidio Portella¹  Clinica de Imagem Lucidio Portella, Teresina, Brasil¹  Almeida-Neto, Walfrido Salmito de¹ 

关键词: Cryptococcosis;    Magnetic Resonance Imaging;    Meningoencephalitis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0142-2013

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

Although cryptococcal infections begin in the lungs, meningoencephalitis is the most frequently encountered manifestation of cryptococcosis among individuals with advanced immunosuppression. As the infection progresses along the Virchow-Robin spaces, these structures may become dilated with mucoid material produced by the capsule of the organism. We report a case of a 24-year-old man with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in which magnetic resonance imaging showed clusters of gelatinous pseudocysts in the periventricular white matter, basal ganglia, mammillary bodies, midbrain peduncles and nucleus dentatus with a soap bubble appearance.Key words: Cryptococcosis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Meningoencephalitis

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