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Vol. 54. Issue 8.
Pages 454-457 (October 2007)
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Vol. 54. Issue 8.
Pages 454-457 (October 2007)
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Desaparición tumoral tras tratamiento médico primario en la acromegalia
Tumoral disappearance after primary medical treatment in acromegaly
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José Antonio Castro Piñeiroa, María Luisa Isidro San Juana, Manuel Penína, Daniel Gulías Soidánb, Rosa Nemiñac, Fernando Cordidoa,c,d,
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fernando_cordido@canalejo.org

Correspondencia: Dr. F. Cordido. Servicio de Endocrinología. Complexo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo. Xubias de Arriba, 84. 15006 A Coruña. España.
a Servicio de Endocrinología. Complexo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo. A Coruña. España
b Servicio de Radiología. Complexo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo. A Coruña. España
c Unidad de Investigación. Complexo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo. A Coruña. España
d Departamento de Medicina. Universidade Da Coruña. A Coruña. España
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La acromegalia es una enfermedad de evolución insidiosa y poco común, causada por la hipersecreción crónica de somatotropina (GH). La cirugía transesfenoidal es el tratamiento de elección para la mayoría de los pacientes con acromegalia. Sin embargo, el tratamiento medico primario con análogos de la somatostatina puede ser una opción en pacientes con macroadenomas que no se puede resecar completamente y no causan síntomas compresivos. Así, varios estudios han mostrado que el tratamiento primario con análogos de la somatostatina controla las concentraciones de GH y el factor de crecimiento similar a la insulina (IGF) I y reduce el tamaño tumoral en un porcentaje de pacientes significativo.

Presentamos a un paciente con acromegalia tratado de forma primaria medicamente; inicialmente no responde a un análogo de la somatostatina, pero después prácticamente desaparece el adenoma hipofisario con lanreotida autogel.

Palabras clave:
Acromegalia
Análogos de la somatostatina
Desaparición tumoral

Acromegaly is an insidious and uncommon disorder caused by chronic growth hormone hypersecretion.

Transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice in most patients with acromegaly. However, primary medical treatment with somatostatin analogs can be offered to patients with macroadenomas that cannot be completely resected and do not cause compression symptoms. Several studies have shown that primary medical therapy with somatostatin analogs controls growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I levels and decreases tumor volume in a significant percentage of patients.

We report the case of a patient with acromegaly who received primary medical treatment with a somatostatin analog without response. The treatment was changed to lanreotide autogel, producing disappearance of the pituitary adenoma.

Key words:
Acromegaly
Somatostatin analogs
Tumoral disappearance
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