González-Martín J A, Donnay S, Morillas J, Gómez-Aparicio C, Garcia-Cano J, Pérez-Vigara G, Roldán A
Gastroenterology Section, Hospital Virgen de la Luz, Cuenca, Spain.
Am J Gastroenterol. 1996 Nov;91(11):2434-5.
Octreotide is a synthetic analogue of somatostatin with therapeutic applications in a variety of endocrine and gastrointestinal disorders. We report a patient with acromegaly who developed acute hepatocellular liver injury after receiving two 0.1-mg doses of octreotide. The drug causality was confirmed by rechallenge. To our knowledge this is the second reported case in the literature.