Successful pregnancy in a woman with acromegaly treated with somatostatin analog (octreotide) prior to surgical resection

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 1999 Apr;65(1):71-3. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7292(98)00221-5.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acromegaly / etiology*
  • Adenoma / complications
  • Adenoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenoma / surgery
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / therapeutic use*
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Octreotide / therapeutic use*
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / complications
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / drug therapy*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / surgery

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
  • Octreotide