: Acromegaly is a chronic hormonal disorder caused by excessive GH secretion. In addition to physiological symptoms, it is often accompanied by debilitating headaches. Although effective treatment options exist, achieving complete symptom control and disease management can still be challenging. This case report chronicles the clinical journey of a 38-year-old male diagnosed with acromegaly in 2013. Despite prior interventions, including surgery and treatment with first-generation somatostatin analogues, severe frequent headaches persisted. Following a switch to pasireotide, the patient reported rapid and complete resolution of headaches and normalization of IGF-1 levels within a month of the treatment switch. This report underscores the challenges in acromegaly management and confirms the potential utility of pasireotide for patients suffering from treatment-resistant headache.

Rapid Resolution of Recalcitrant Headache With Pasireotide in an Adult Patient With Acromegaly / Dabbous, Zeinab; Rohani, Zaina; Abdalrubb, Abeer Kaled; Alkailani, Yaman; Pivonello, Rosario; Elhadd, Tarik. - In: JCEM CASE REPORTS. - ISSN 2755-1520. - 2:8(2024). [10.1210/jcemcr/luae142]

Rapid Resolution of Recalcitrant Headache With Pasireotide in an Adult Patient With Acromegaly

Pivonello, Rosario;
2024

Abstract

: Acromegaly is a chronic hormonal disorder caused by excessive GH secretion. In addition to physiological symptoms, it is often accompanied by debilitating headaches. Although effective treatment options exist, achieving complete symptom control and disease management can still be challenging. This case report chronicles the clinical journey of a 38-year-old male diagnosed with acromegaly in 2013. Despite prior interventions, including surgery and treatment with first-generation somatostatin analogues, severe frequent headaches persisted. Following a switch to pasireotide, the patient reported rapid and complete resolution of headaches and normalization of IGF-1 levels within a month of the treatment switch. This report underscores the challenges in acromegaly management and confirms the potential utility of pasireotide for patients suffering from treatment-resistant headache.
2024
Rapid Resolution of Recalcitrant Headache With Pasireotide in an Adult Patient With Acromegaly / Dabbous, Zeinab; Rohani, Zaina; Abdalrubb, Abeer Kaled; Alkailani, Yaman; Pivonello, Rosario; Elhadd, Tarik. - In: JCEM CASE REPORTS. - ISSN 2755-1520. - 2:8(2024). [10.1210/jcemcr/luae142]
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