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Can sandostatin (octreotide) lar be used as treatment of elevated 5-hiaa in aggressive type of systemic mastocytosis? thank you. (repeated question)

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Dr. Le Wang answered

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Possibly: Possibly for symtomatic management. However, malignant GI diseases can be mistaken for systemic mastocytosis. Whereas 5HIAA is elevated in carcinoid syndrome, it usually is normal in SM. Aggressive systemic mastocytosis usually requires chemotherapy or imatinib.

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Answered 1/11/2015

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