Immunohistochemical localization and functional characterization of somatostatin receptor subtypes in a corticotropin releasing hormonesecreting adrenal phaeochromocytoma: review of the literature and report of a case

Somastostatin receptors are frequently expressed in phaeochromocytoma but data on somatostatin receptor subtyping are scanty and the functional response to the somatostatin analogue octretide is still debated.We report an unusual case of pheochromocytoma, causing ectopic Cushing’s syndrome due to CR...

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Main Authors: RM Ruggeri, F Ferraù, A Campennì, A Simone, V Barresi, G Giuffrè, G Tuccari, S Baldari, F Trimarchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2009-08-01
Series:European Journal of Histochemistry
Online Access:http://www.ejh.it/index.php/ejh/article/view/1227