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Dramatic volume reduction of a large GH/TSH secreting pituitary tumor with short term Octreotide therapy
John L D Atkinson1, Charles F Abboud, John I Lane
1Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. atkinson.john@mayo.edu
Pituitary
|October 1, 2005
Abstract:
A case is presented of a huge GH/TSH secreting tumor and marked volumetric reduction in size with only one week of Octreotide therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of such a dramatic volumetric response to short-term Octreotide therapy.