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Use of 111In-pentetreotide scintigraphy for diagnosis and management of resistant macroprolactinoma

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This case is a courtesy of Prof. Laura De Marinis, Chair of Pituitary Unit of the Department of Endocrinology. All the authors wish to thank Prof. Laura De Marinis, who manages and follows-up the patient and offers clinical data for the paper. Moreover the authors wish to thank Dr. Tommaso Tartaglione and Prof. Cesare Colosimo (Institute of Radiology), Dr. Germano Perotti and Prof. Alessandro Giordano (Department of Nuclear Medicine) for the diagnostic and images support.

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  1. Pituitary Unit, Gemelli Hospital Foundation, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

    V. Del Gatto, C. Bima, S. Chiloiro, A. Giampietro & A. Bianchi

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Del Gatto, V., Bima, C., Chiloiro, S. et al. Use of 111In-pentetreotide scintigraphy for diagnosis and management of resistant macroprolactinoma. Endocrine 60, 532–534 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-017-1486-z

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