| Autor: | Aaron J. Noordmans, Jeanne Hassing, Ariel L. Barkan, Nicholas M. Boulis, William F. Chandler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Infarction Octreotide medicine.disease Symptomatic relief Gastroenterology Surgery Endocrinology Diabetes mellitus Internal medicine Acromegaly medicine Etiology Neurosurgery Headaches medicine.symptom business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Pituitary. 3:185-188 |
| ISSN: | 1386-341X |
| Popis: | The cyclic somatostatin analog, octreotide, forms the mainstay of medical treatment for acromegaly. In addition to lowering circulating growth hormone levels and shrinking tumor size, octreotide may provide symptomatic relief of headaches associated with growth hormone secreting tumors. The majority of reported complications of octreotide therapy are gastrointestinal and metabolic. The present case illustrates the development of acute bilateral cavernous sinus syndrome with loss of eye movement bilaterally during octreotide therapy. Serial MRI examination suggest tumor infarction as the etiology. The symptoms resolved over 2 months as the tumor shrunk in size and growth hormone was dramatically reduced. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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