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Which type of primary brain tumor usually arises in the walls of the fourth ventricle in children and in the lateral ventricles in adults

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Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET)

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They usually occur in early childhood but may become symptomatic in adult life. In children, they commonly occur in or near a spinal fluid sac known as the fourth ventricle and are called medulloblastomas.

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