Abstract
Tuberculosis is a global public health problem and is among the top ten causes of mortality in the world. We present the unusual case of a 37-year-old woman, referred for fever, progressive headache, nausea, vomiting and change in mental status. Brain imaging studies. showed a left frontal brain abscess with subfalcin herniation. As an urgent procedure, surgical drainage of the brain abscess was performed, and in the culture of pus there was growth of an anaerobic Streptococcus. The histopathological study of the abscess wall showed data on tuberculosis. The patient was pregnant at surgery, for about five weeks and received anti-tuberculous medications with close maternal fetal follow-up. Pregnancy came to term and was resolved by an elective cesarean section, both mother and child had a favorable evolution.
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