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QNeuro - masha - ArchivalUser - 09-18-2008
In adults the most common location for a primary tumor is the ??
1. Cauda eguina
2. cerebellum
3. brain stem
4. cerebral cortex
5. fourth ventricle
0 - ArchivalUser - 09-18-2008
supratentorial?? 44444???
0 - ArchivalUser - 09-18-2008
try again
0 - ArchivalUser - 09-18-2008
333
0 - ArchivalUser - 09-18-2008
Noooooooooooooooooo
Riz, try again please
0 - ArchivalUser - 09-18-2008
is there anything left to try again? i was guessing, i dont know the answer. my guessing is horrible.
0 - ArchivalUser - 09-18-2008
yes, Riz
Ans is 5--------- Choroid plexus carcinoma (or papilloma), most common primary adult's tumor.
( FA gave us astrocytoma grade 4)
0 - ArchivalUser - 09-18-2008
thanks masha.
0 - ArchivalUser - 09-18-2008
A Choroid plexus papilloma (CPP) is a a rare, slow-growing, histologically benign intracranial neoplasm or tumor ..
Meningiomas are the most common benign tumors of the brain (95% of benign tumors).
0 - ArchivalUser - 09-18-2008
"tumor" includes both benign and malignant and most common primary adult brain tumors are malignant not benign and out of those most common is GBM so i would say 4 is the correct answer