ea0038oc2.2 | Translational pathophysiology and therapeutics | SFEBES2015
O'Toole Sam
, Sze Candy
, Tirador Kent
, Akker Scott
, Matson Matthew
, Perry Les
, Druce Maralyn
, Dekkers Tanja
, Deinum Jaap
, Lenders Jacques
, Eisenhofer Graeme
, Drake William
Introduction: Phaeochromocytoma localisation is generally reliably achieved with modern imaging techniques, particularly in sporadic cases. Diagnostic doubt can arise due to the presence of bilateral adrenal abnormalities, particularly in patients with mutations in genes predisposing them to the phaeochromocytoma development. In such cases, surgical intervention is ideally limited to large or functional lesions due to the long-term consequences associated with hypoadrenalism. ...