Metastatic Hypernephroma of the Brain from a Neurosurgical Point of View

Abstract
Hypernephromas constitute about 13% of metastatic brain tumors and are usually solitary. Neurosurgical treatment appears justified since patients can live for several years after extirpation of a metastatic hypernephroma of the brain (one patient survived 14 years after the brain operation). The prognosis is most favorable where the primary tumor has been diagnosed and removed by nephrectomy before symptoms of cerebral metastasis appear.