PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Santos Pinheiro da Silva Martins, Alfredo Manuel AU - Fanjul, Francisco AU - Campins Rosselló, Antoni Abdon AU - Riera Jaume, Melchor TI - Calvarial tuberculosis: an unusual presentation of disseminated tuberculosis AID - 10.1136/bcr-2018-226967 DP - 2019 Apr 01 TA - BMJ Case Reports PG - e226967 VI - 12 IP - 4 4099 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/4/e226967.short 4100 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/4/e226967.full SO - BMJ Case Reports2019 Apr 01; 12 AB - A 30-year-old man, without previous medical record, was admitted to our centre due to persistent hacking cough for the previous 2 months, accompanied by nocturnal sweating, unquantified weight loss and low-grade fever. The patient was finally diagnosed of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). During admission, a right forehead swelling was detected, painful to palpation, fluctuating and not attached to the skin, without cutaneous alterations or neurological impairment. Surgical debridement was performed and intraoperative cultures were positive for mycobacteria TB. The patient completed 9 months of antituberculous therapy and fully recovered.