ea0021p203 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | SFEBES2009
Freel E Marie
, Stanson Anthony
, Thompson Geoffrey
, Grant Clive
, Farley David
, Richards Melanie
, Young William
Context: Phaeochromocytomas are rare, but potentially fatal, neoplasms. The diagnosis and localization of phaeochromocytoma can be challenging and recently there has been some debate regarding the role for adrenal venous sampling (AVS). The utility of AVS in this setting is hampered by a lack of normative value data for adrenal vein catecholamine concentrations and the reliability of lateralization ratios. We sought to address these concerns by analyzing AVS catecholamine conc...