Soap bubble appearance in brain magnetic resonance imaging: Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 658-659

  Vieira, Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva ^a,b   Costa, Carlos Henrique Nery ^c   Ribeiro, José Carlos Castelo Branco ^b   Nunes Filho, Lucídio Portella ^d   Rabelo, Marcos Glebson Gomes ^a   de Almeida Neto, Walfrido Salmito ^a  

^a Instituto de Doenças Tropicais Natan Portella ^*

^b Instituto de Doencas Tropicais Natan Portella   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^d Clínica de Imagem Lucídio Portella   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; GADOLINIUM; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ARTIFACTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888189742     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0142-2013     Document Type: Article

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