Soap bubble appearance in brain magnetic resonance imaging: cryptococcal meningoencephalitis

AUTOR(ES)

Vieira, Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva, Costa, Carlos Henrique Nery, Ribeiro, Jose Carlos Castelo Branco, Nunes-Filho, Lucidio Portella, Rabelo, Marcos Glebson Gomes, Almeida-Neto, Walfrido Salmito de

FONTE

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2013-09

RESUMO

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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