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Table 2 Treatment and modalities before conception in patients with acromegaly

From: Safety of pregnancy in acromegaly patients and maternal and infant outcomes after pregnancy: single-center experience from China and review of the literature

No

Surgery

Radiotherapy

Medication

Pituitary trophic hormone deficiency

Acromegaly control

Hypertension

DM

1a

Yes

GKRS

Oct Lan

GTD ACTH, TSH

Yes

No

No

1b

Yes

GKRS

No

GTD ACTH, TSH

Yes

No

No

2a

Yes

No

Oct

No

No

No

No

2b

Yes

No

Oct

No

No

No

No

3

Yes

No

Br

No`

No

No

No

4a

Yes

GKRS

Br Pas

No

No

No

No

4b

Yes

GKRS

No

No

Yes

No

No

5

Yes

SFRT

Oct

GTD TSH

Yes

No

No

6

Yes

SFRT

No

GTD

Yes

  

7

Yes

GKRS

Oct

No

No

Yes

No

8

Yes

No

No

TSH

No

No

Yes

  1. GKRS, gamma knife radiosurgery; SFRT, single-fraction radiotherapy; Oct, octreotide; Lan, lanreotide; Br, bromocriptine; Pas, pasireotide; GTD, gonadotropin deficiency; TSH def, thyroid stimulating hormone deficiency; ACTH def, adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency.