A 52-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by ambulance 40 minutes after a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. According to his son, who had called the ambulance, the patient has had headaches and mild nausea for the past 3 weeks. His father "has been acting really strange recently." The patient has no other history of serious illness. He does not smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or use illicit drugs. His only medication is a daily fish oil supplement. an intracranial mass detected on head CT scan. Biopsy of the mass reveals neoplastic cells that stain positive for synaptophysin and negative for glial fibrillary acidic protein. These neoplastic cells most likely originate from the same precursor tissue as which of the following?

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A 52-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by ambulance 40 minutes after a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. According to his son, who had called the ambulance, the patient has had headaches and mild nausea for the past 3 weeks. His father "has been acting really strange recently." The patient has no other history of serious illness. He does not smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or use illicit drugs. His only medication is a daily fish oil supplement. an intracranial mass detected on head CT scan.  Biopsy of the mass reveals neoplastic cells that stain positive for synaptophysin and negative for glial fibrillary acidic protein.  These neoplastic cells most likely originate from the same precursor tissue as which of the following?

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The Answer is E

A 52-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency Department by Ambulance