[Tuberculomas of the brain].

Literature data and individual observations of 5 cases with a rare disease, like tuberculoma of the brain, are presented. From the clinical point of view, the disease in children, aged 4-9 years, proceeds like cerebral tumor. A surgical intervention has revealed a tuberculoma of the cerebellum in 4 and that of the truncus cerebri in 1 patient. The diagnosis of tuberculoma of the brain was confirmed histologically. Clinico-laboratory data and the impact of tuberculostatic therapy in the postoperative period were studied.