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Catecholamine-secreting carotid body paraganglioma: successful preoperative control of hypertension and clinical symptoms using high-dose long-acting octreotide

Omayma Elshafie, Yahya Al Badaai, Khalifa Al-Wahaibi, Asim Qureshi, Samir Hussein, Faisal Al Azzri, Ali Al-Mamari, Nicholas Woodhouse

Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports · 2014 · 15 citations · 10 references

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The value of octreotide scanning in the localization of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma.Control of catecholamine secretion using high-dose octreotide.This is a report of a rare cause of secondary diabetes and hypertension.

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18F-DOPA positron emission tomography for the detection of glomus tumours

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High-dose intramuscular octreotide in patients with acromegaly inadequately controlled on conventional somatostatin analogue therapy: a randomised controlled trial

Andrea Giustina, Stefania Bonadonna, Giovanna Bugari et al. · European Journal of Endocrinology · 2009 · 127 citations

Octreotide Scintigraphy for the Detection of Paragangliomas

Fred F. Telischi, Andres Bustillo, Michelle L. Hansman Whiteman et al. · Otolaryngology · 2000 · 80 citations

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