Somatostatin receptor imaging in somatotroph and non-functioning pituitary adenomas: correlation with hormonal and visual responses to octreotide

Clinical Endocrinology
F Broson-ChazotA Warnet

Abstract

A multicentre study was undertaken to determine the value of somatostatin receptor (sst) scintigraphy in predicting hormonal and visual responses to octreotide treatment in GH-secreting and non-functioning pituitary adenomas. Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy was performed in 48 patients (19 acromegaly, 29 non-functioning pituitary adenomas with ophthalmological defects). Results were expressed as an uptake index of the pituitary area. A threshold for positivity was determined in 23 subjects considered as controls. Thirty-five patients were treated for 1 month with octreotide (300 micrograms daily). The therapeutic response was assessed on GH and IGF-I suppression or evolution of the ophthalmological defects. The relationships between the somatostatin receptor scintigraphy result, the therapeutic effect of octreotide and in vitro studies performed in 12 tumours were studied. From the results of control subjects the uptake index threshold for positivity was 2. In patients, somatostatin receptor scintigraphy was positive in 64% and there was no relationship between uptake index and tumour size. In GH tumours, somatostatin receptor scintigraphy was positive in 68%; uptake index was related to octreotide-induced GH and IGF I suppr...Continue Reading

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