title: Gamma knife surgery for recurrent solitary metastasis of a cerebral hypernephroma: case report.
abstract: Gamma knife surgery employing a central dose of 70 Gy and a peripheral dose of 25 Gy caused progressive necrosis and shrinkage of a recurrent solitary metastasis of a cerebral hypernephroma, as verified by computed tomographic scan 2 and 4 months after treatment. Gamma knife surgery was an effective palliative treatment for this cerebral metastasis and was an alternative to craniotomy with microsurgical removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lindquist
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods*