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

Authors
Mozas, J Ocon, E de la Torre, ML Suarez, AM Miranda, JA Herruzo, AJ
Citation
J. Mozas et al., Successful pregnancy in a woman with acromegaly treated with somatostatin analog (octreotide) prior to surgical resection, INT J GYN O, 65(1), 1999, pp. 71-73
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Medicine
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
ISSN journal
00207292 → ACNP
Volume
65
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
71 - 73
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7292(199904)65:1<71:SPIAWW>2.0.ZU;2-M
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. Su bsequently, she was found to be 6 months pregnant. Fetal echographs were no rmal, the newborn had no malformation, and postnatal development was normal . (C) 1999 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.