MULTIPLE INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMAS IN A CHILD

Intracranial tuberculomas continue to be a serious complication of cen tral nervous system tuberculosis. Tuberculomas are conglomerates of tu bercles resulting from hematogenous spread of tuberculous infection. M odern neuroimaging studies such as magnetic resonance imaging and mole cular biologic techniques such as polymerase chain reaction are helpfu l in the diagnosis of central nervous system tuberculosis and tubercul omas. We report a boy with multiple intracranial tuberculomas diagnose d and treated with the aids of magnetic resonance and polymerase chain reaction techniques.