The challenge of improving the diagnostic yield from metanephrine testing in suspected phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma

• Main Authors: Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna, Page, Michael M., Hoad, Kirsten, Chubb, Paul, Gillett, Melissa, Glendenning, Paul, Vasikaran, Samuel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sage Publications 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74117/1/The%20challenge%20of%20improving%20the%20diagnostic%20yield%20from%20metanephrine%20testing%20in%20suspected%20phaeochromocytoma%20and%20paraganglioma.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74117/

Background Plasma-free metanephrines (PFM) or urinary fractionated metanephrines (UFM) are the preferred biochemical tests for the diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL). Borderline increased results should be followed up to either exclude or confirm diagnosis. Methods We extracted...