Pediatric Cryptococcosis

  • Etiology: Cryptococcus
  • Imaging:
    — Basilar meningitis
    — Diencephalic extension via Virchow-Robin spaces
  • DDX:
  • Complications:
  • Treatment:
  • Clinical:

Radiology Cases of Cryptococcosis

MRI of cryptococcosis
Axial FLAIR (above) MRI without contrast of the brain shows a small round lesion in the left frontal lobe with surrounding edema that demonstrates ring-shaped restricted diffusion on diffusion-weighted imaging (below).