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primary brain tumor

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primary brain tumor
Neurology A tumor that arises in the brain–eg, ependymoma, astrocytoma grade 3 or 4,  glioblastoma multiforme, glioma, medulloblastoma, meningioma, neuroglioma, oligodendroglioma. See Metastatic brain tumor.


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The men and women were in three diagnostic groups: those with a malignant primary brain tumor (214 patients), those with a solid tumor with no central nervous system involvement (193 patients) and those with multiple sclerosis (108 patients).
DIAGNOSIS Cystic meningioma [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] DISCUSSION Meningioma is the most common nonglial primary brain tumor that is most often benign and solid arising from the cranial meninges.
Glioma consists of 30% of primary brain tumor and is classified into several types according to the cell form of the tumor.
 
 
 
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