title: Frontal lobe tuberculoma.
abstract: Tuberculomas are usually infratentorial in children, and supratentorial lesions predominate in adults. We present a 4-year-old girl with multiple seizures, papilloedema and brisk reflexes. On investigation, she was found to have a large left parafalcine tuberculoma. She was treated with antitubercular treatment (ATT) and steroids. The child improved, seizures stopped and the papilloedema gradually disappeared. Follow-up magnetic resonance imaging brain after 8 months showed a mild reduction in the size of the lesion. Child is on regular follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics , Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children , Mumbai , India.
authors.forename: Noella Maria Delia
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics , Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children , Mumbai , India.
authors.forename: Ira
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery , Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children , Mumbai , India.
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Biyani
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics , Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children , Mumbai , India.
authors.forename: Forum
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shah
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