Lethal somatostatin analog-induced acute necrotizing pancreatitis in a patient with hormone-refractory prostate cancer

Michele Battaglia Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]

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Pasquale Ditonno Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Silvano Palazzo Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Carlo Bettocchi Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Lucio Garofalo Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Francesco Paolo Selvaggi Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

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We report a fatal case of acute pancreatitis which developed in a 76-year-old male with hormone-refractory prostatic carcinoma who was being treated with lanreotide, a slow-release somatostatin analog.

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