ea0070aep595 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2020
M. Boertien Tessel
, Booij Jan
, Majoie Charles BLM
, Drent ML
, Pereira Alberto M
, Biermasz Nienke
, Simsek Suat
, Groote Veldman Ronald
, Stokkel Marcel PM
, Bisschop Peter H
, Fliers Eric
Background: Clinically non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas (NFMA) have been reported to express various somatostatin receptor (SSTR) subtypes, but results are inconsistent across different studies. This may be related to limited sensitivity and specificity of techniques used to date, i.e. immunohistochemistry in surgical specimens and 111In-DTPA-octreotide scintigraphy (Octreoscan) in vivo. The aim of this study was to assess SSTR expression in NFMA <em...