A 43-Year-Old Male with Advanced HIV Is Hospitalized for Evaluation

A 43-year-old male with advanced HIV is hospitalized for evaluation of recent-onset headaches and personality changes.  Imaging of the brain shows a solitary mass within the temporal lobe.  Biopsy of the mass reveals uniform cells containing the Epstein-Barr virus genome.  This patient most likely suffers from which of the following?

A) Pilocytic astrocytoma
B) Glioblastoma
C) Oligodendroglioma
D) Ependymoma
E) Medulloblastoma
F) Primary CNS lymphoma
G) Meningioma
H) Craniopharyngioma
I) Schwannoma
J) Pituitary adenoma

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