Octreotide Use in a Patient with MEN-1 Syndrome and Multifocal Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
We report a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 with pancreatic polypeptide (PP) secreting subcentimeter pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) treated with octreotide and review the current literature that pertains to the management of these patients. Clinical data, laboratory result...
Main Authors: | Matthew H. Kemm, Cory D. Manly, Thanh D. Hoang, Vinh Q. Mai, Mohamed K. M. Shakir |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Hindawi Limited
2019-01-01
|
Series: | Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9462942 |
Similar Items
-
Long lasting octreotide LAR therapy in non functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinoma
by: Ivan Lolli, et al.
Published: (2015-10-01) -
Octreotide in the treatment of neuroendocrine carcinomas: Is the success achieved?
by: L. Yu. Morgunov
Published: (2015-06-01) -
Development of a method for preparing octreotide derivative for diagnosis of neuroendocrine tumors
by: M. S. Larkina, et al.
Published: (2019-10-01) -
Octreotide Does Not Inhibit Proliferation in Five Neuroendocrine Tumor Cell Lines
by: Samantha Exner, et al.
Published: (2018-04-01) -
Diagnostic accuracy of technetium-99m-octreotide in imaging neuroendocrine tumors, Oman hospital experience with literature review
by: Naima Al Bulushi, et al.
Published: (2019-01-01)