Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports (Oct 2018)

Effective long-term temozolomide rechallenge in a macroprolactinoma

  • Benedetta Zampetti,
  • Giorgia Simonetti,
  • Roberto Attanasio,
  • Antonio Silvani,
  • Renato Cozzi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1530/EDM-18-0092
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

Read online

We describe the 20-year course of a 63-year-old male with a macroprolactinoma that acquired resistance to treatment and aggressive behavior after a 4-year successful treatment with cabergoline. He was submitted to multiple surgical resections by a skilled surgeon, fractionated radiotherapy and was eventually treated with temozolomide. After a first 6-month standard cycle, a relapse occurred and he was treated again successfully.