Endocrine Abstracts

Urinary catecholamine assessment is one of the screening tests for phaeochromocytoma but false positives results can occur. The pretest probability for phaeochromocytoma is 0.5% (1 in 200 patients tested) in the presence of hypertension and suggestive symptoms. We present two cases of elevated urinary catecholamines in hypertensive subjects treated with serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors (SNRI).Case1: A 27 year old male presented with palpi...