Pancreas as an Unusual Metastatic Site of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case of Very Long-term Follow-up Under Prolonged Treatment with Somatostatin Analogues.

Salvatore RaiaSabrina ChiloiroAntonella GiampietroMaria Grazia MarattaFabia AttiliMaria Gabriella BriziVittoria RufiniLaura De MarinisAlfredo PontecorviGuido RindiGiovanni SchinzariAntonio Bianchi

Published in: Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets (2024)

This uncommon case of pancreatic metastasis from MTC indicates that nuclear medicine techniques might offer valuable additional information. Extended treatment with lanreotide autogel appears to correlate with very slow disease progression in selected patients.

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