[Intracranial tuberculoma: clinical and pathological aspects].

A retrospective analysis of 19.760 consecutive autopsies and 72.972 biopsies in a period of over 41 years disclosed 24 intracranial tuberculomas in 17 patients, representing 4,2% of the intracranial space-occupying lesions. Most intracranial tuberculomas were found the cerebral hemispheres whereas one third of them were located in the cerebellum. About two thirds of the patients were younger than 20 years old. The clinical picture of intracranial tuberculomas is similar to that of other space-occupying lesions, comprising signs of raised intracranial pressure and signs related to the anatomical site of the lesion.