ea0073oc3.4 | Oral Communications 3: Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2021
Alejandro Ibáñez-Costa
, Vázquez-Borrego Mari C.
, Moreno-Moreno Paloma
, Fuentes-Fayos Antonio C.
, Moreno Eva Venegas
, Fuentes-Fayos Juan Antonio
, Herrera-Martínez Aura D.
, Gahete Ortiz Manuel
, Soto-Moreno Alfonso
, Gálvez-Moreno Ángeles María
, Luque Raul M.
, Castaño Justo P.
IntroductionCushings disease is the result of prolonged exposure to excess cortisol caused by a pituitary tumor, known as corticotropinoma, which hypersecretes adrenocorticotropin (ACTH). Treatment with somatostatin analogs (SSA) has been shown to reduce hormone secretion and, to a lower extent, tumor growth in some subtypes of pituitary tumors, such as growth hormone secreting tumors. However, SSA are commonly ineffective in corticotropinomas. Pre...