Soap bubble appearance in brain magnetic resonance imaging: cryptococcal meningoencephalitis
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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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
2013
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000500658 |
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