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Choroid plexus

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choroid plexus
n.
A vascular proliferation of the cerebral ventricles that serves to regulate intraventricular pressure by secretion or absorption of cerebrospinal fluid.
Choroid plexus
Specialized cells located in the ventricles of the brain that produce cerebrospinal fluid.
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1) In a review of 426 tumors of the CPA and IAM, Kohan et al reported their order of occurrence as follows: epidermoid tumors, lipomas, arachnoid cysts, facial neuromas, choroid plexus papillomas, metastatic pulmonary adenocarcinomas, vascular tumors, lymphomas, neuroblastomas, cholesterol cysts, pontine gliomas, and angioleiomyomas.
Angioleiomyoma of the internal auditory meatus: A rare occurrence in ... by van Hille, Philip T. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
24, 1998 LANCET, for example, Edward Rubenstein of Stanford University noted that, with age, the brain's choroid plexus calcifies, which leads to a dramatic decline in the production of CSF.
More Than the Brain's Drain by TRAVIS, JOHN / Science News
Stage 19: The Choroid Plexus of the Fourth Ventricle and the Medial Accessory Olivary Nucleus.
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