Octreotide-induced acute life-threatening gallstones after vicarious contrast medium excretion: A case report

BACKGROUND: Octreotide is widely used for the treatment of acromegaly, neuroendocrine tumors, and secretory diarrhea. However, long-term octreotide treatment can increase the incidence of gallstones. Vicarious contrast medium excretion (VCME) through the hepatobiliary system is well known. However,...

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Autores principales: Han, Zong-Hong, He, Zhong-Ming, Chen, Wen-Hua, Wang, Cao-Ye, Wang, Qi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8464451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34616816
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i25.7484

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8464451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34616816
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i25.7484

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