The highest success rates with Gamma Knife treatment have been with patients who have:
• Small intracranial AVMs (Arteriovenous Malformation, an artery and vein that have not formed properly) or cavernous angiomas (not greater than 4 cm)
• Benign tumors including:
acoustic neuromas, meningiomas, and
pituitary adenomas craniopharyngiomas
• Tumors located at the base of the skull in the pineal region
• Metastatic brain lesions & other partially resected tumors
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Parkinson's disease or other movement disorders
• Medically intractable epilepsy
• Intractable pain in patients with disseminated cancer
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