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Multiple cerebral tuberculomas in an infant: a case report

The case of an 11 months infant with acute pulmonary tuberculosis and multiple cerebral tuberculomas is reported. The age of the patient, the acute evolution, the localization and multiplicity of the cerebral tuberculomas, the anatomo-clinical correlation, the presence of Koch's bacilli in the intracranial tuberculomas and the normality of the cerebrospinal fluid are discussed.


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