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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Vieira, M. A. da C. e.Silva, Costa, C. H. N., Ribeiro, J. C. C. B., Nunes-Filho, L. P., Rabelo, M. G. G., & de Almeida-Neto, W. S. (2013). Soap bubble appearance in brain magnetic resonance imaging: Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 46(5), 658–659. https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0142-2013
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