EFFECT OF PREOPERATIVE USE OF LONG-ACTING OCTREOTIDE ON GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMA AND TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY |
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Authors: | Jian Yin Chang-bao Su Zhi-qin Xu Yi Yang Wen-bin Ma Wei Tao Zhong Yang Xue-wei Xia |
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Institution: | Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730. |
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Abstract: | Objective To investigate whether somatostatin analog octreotide long acting release (LAR) shrinks growth hormone (GH) secreting adenomas, and improves the results of subsequent transsphenoidal surgery.Methods Seventeen previously untreated active acromegalic patients with pituitary adenomas were treated with LAR (30 mg intramuscular injection every 28 days) for 3 months prior to transsphenoidal surgery. Clinical reaction, mean GH secretion, and tumor volume were measured under basal conditions and after LAR treatment.Results Presurgical treatment improved acromegaly symptoms and induced a significant reduction of GH under the 5 ng/mL limit in microadenoma (P < 0.05), while only 18.2% (2/11) in macroadenoma. Meanwhile, tumor shrinkage occurred in 58.8% (10/17) patients, with 1 case in the microadenoma group. All marked shrinkage (> 25%) occurred in the macroadenoma group. Statistical analysis showed tumor shrinkage caused by LAR was greater in macroadenoma group than that in microadenoma group (P < 0.05). During operation, adenoma was soft in 15 cases, with the exception of 2cases in which the soft rumor was divided by fibrous septa, but all tumor removal was smooth.Conclusions A short term administration of preoperative LAR may induce a significant decrease in GH-secretion level and adenoma volume. Presurgical use of octreotide LAR improves surgical results especially in macroadenomas. |
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Keywords: | pituitary adenoma somatostatin analog transsphenoidal surgery |
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