Successful pregnancy in a woman with acromegaly treated with somatostatin analog (octreotide) prior to surgical resection.
A 27-year-old woman with a GH-secreting pituitary macroadenoma was treated with continuous s.c. infusion of octreotide prior to surgical resection. Subsequently, she was found to be 6 months pregnant. Fetal echographs were normal, the newborn had no malformation, and postnatal development was normal.
Mozas
J
J
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Virgen de las Nieves Hospital, Granada, Spain.
Ocón
E
E
López de la Torre
M
M
Suárez
A M
AM
Miranda
J A
JA
Herruzo
A J
AJ
D000172:Acromegaly / Q000209:etiology*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery
D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D015282:Octreotide