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The effects of octreotide in a patient with Nelson's syndrome
F Kelestimur1, C Utas, O Ozbakir
1Department of Internal Medicine, Erciyes University Medical School, 38039 Kayseri-Turkey.
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
We have administered octreotide, 100 micrograms tid, to a 27-year-old man with Nelson's syndrome. After seven days of therapy, adrenocorticotropin levels fell to 54% of initial values, and some shrinkage of the tumour was observed. This study indicates that octreotide therapy may have a role in the treatment of Nelson's syndrome.