Soap bubble appearance in brain magnetic resonance imaging: cryptococcal meningoencephalitis

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Marcelo Adriano Da Cunha E Silva Vieira¹  Carlos Henrique Nery Costa¹  Jose Carlos Castelo Branco Ribeiro¹  Lucidio Portella Nunes-filho¹  Marcos Glebson Gomes Rabelo¹  Walfrido Salmito De Almeida-neto¹ 

关键词: Cryptococcosis;    Magnetic Resonance Imaging;    Meningoencephalitis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0142-2013

来源: SciELO

【 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.

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