Memory Joggers: Pheochromocytoma
Plasma free metanephrines provide the best test for excluding or confirming pheochromocytoma and should be the test of first choice for diagnosis of the tumor
Patient Characteristics
|
Pheochromocytoma
Confirmed
Hereditary Sporadic |
Pheochromocytoma
Excluded
Hereditary Sporadic |
| No. of patients |
76 |
138 |
339 |
305 |
| No. of Women |
33 |
72 |
194 |
176 |
| No. of Men |
43 |
66 |
145 |
129 |
| Age,mean (SD)[range],y |
33 (14) [8-63] |
47 (15) [17-78] |
38 (14) [11-76] |
47 (14) [8-77] |
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