A 31-Year-Old Female with New-Onset Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures Has an Intracranial

A 31-year-old female with new-onset generalized tonic-clonic seizures has 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?

A) Astrocytes
B) Oligodendroglia
C) Ependymal cells
D) Meningothelial cells
E) Neurons

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