A woman in her 60's has a brain biopsy following the identification of a brain lesion. The lesion is determined to be benign but the tissue around the lesion has spongiform changes. What are the ways that this patient could have developed prion disease?

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 A woman in her 60's has a brain biopsy following the identification of a brain lesion. The lesion is determined to be benign but the tissue around the lesion has spongiform changes. What are the ways that this patient could have developed prion disease?  

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