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Preoperative detection of functional somatostatin receptors in a patient with an insulinoma

Kohei Oguni1, Shinnosuke Fukushima1, Yukichika Yamamoto1

  • 1Department of General Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan.

Clinical Case Reports
|August 7, 2023
PubMed

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Octreotide effectively treats hypoglycemia in insulinoma patients by targeting somatostatin receptor 2 (SSTR2). This case study confirms SSTR2A positivity in an insulinoma, validating octreotide efficacy.

Area of Science:

  • Endocrinology
  • Oncology
  • Nuclear Medicine

Background:

  • Insulinomas cause hypoglycemia, often managed with octreotide.
  • Octreotide efficacy relies on somatostatin receptor 2 (SSTR2) expression.
Keywords:
Insulinomaoctreotide testsomatostatin receptorsomatostatin scintigraphy

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