Endocrine Abstracts

Clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas (CNFPA) represent a heterogenous group of tumors. Most of CNFPA are aggressive, usually diagnosed relatively late and surgery often fails to achieve the complete excision of tumor and the recurrence rate is high. About 80% of CNFPA are characterized by intense expression of somatostatin receptors (SSTR) inspiring use of somatostatin analogs (SSTa) in the medical cure of CNFPA. Scintigraphy with visualization of SSTR2 expression and...