[Intracranial tuberculoma: a case report and review of the literature].
BACKGROUND
Cerebral tuberculoma constitutes an important neurotuberculosis clinical form with high morbimortality and important diagnoses difficulty.


METHODS
Only giant cerebral tuberculoma case in 3 years-old man who present dizziness and surgically treated by diagnostic suspicion of cerebral tumor.


CONCLUSIONS
Cerebral tuberculomas can often be confused with cerebral tumors when they are not included in differential diagnosis.
Guillén-Quesada
A
A
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, España. aguillen@hsjdbcn.org
García-Armengol
R
R
Pérez-Muñoz
N
N
Gargallo
E
E
García-García
J J
JJ
Costa-Clara
J M
JM
D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery