title: Successful pregnancy in a woman with acromegaly treated with somatostatin analog (octreotide) prior to surgical resection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Virgen de las Nieves Hospital, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mozas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ocón
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López de la Torre
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Suárez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Herruzo
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D015282:Octreotide