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jean robert
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12/31/07 - 12:08 PM

A 56 y.o. XY presents with a single episode of a grand mal seizure. MRI of the brain shows three mass lesions, 1 to 3 cm in diameter, located at the gray-white junction in the cerebral hemispheres.

a) Hemangioblastoma
b) Medulloblastoma
c) Craniopharyngioma
d) Pituitary Adenoma
e) Ependymoma
f) Oligodendroglioma
g) Schwannoma
h) Meningioma
i) Glioblastoma multiforme
j) Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
k) Metastatic carcinoma
l) Melanoma

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12/31/07 - 01:19 PM

i)glioblastoma multiforme

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12/31/07 - 01:31 PM

i - Glioblastoma

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12/31/07 - 02:44 PM

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12/31/07 - 04:59 PM

i) Glioblastoma multiforme

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12/31/07 - 05:08 PM

On second thoughts this could be Metestatic Carcinoma cos three points of Origin maybe explained by it .

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01/01/08 - 10:17 AM

"located at the gray-white matter junction" and multiple spots are typical for metastasis.

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01/01/08 - 10:58 AM

arlete wrote:
"located at the gray-white matter junction" and multiple spots are typical for metastasis.

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01/02/08 - 09:46 AM

jean robert
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01/02/08 - 08:13 PM

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arlete wrote:
"located at the gray-white matter junction" and multiple spots are typical for metastasis.

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01/06/08 - 11:16 AM

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mets, embolism and fungal infections at junction

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