Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Phaeochromocytomas (PHAEOs) and paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare catecholamine producing tumours which are potentially lethal if left untreated and may be associated with a wide variety of complications. Optimum management demands multidisciplinary input from endocrinologists, biochemists, geneticists and endocrine surgeons.Objective: A retrospective audit into the management of PHAEOs/PGLs at our institution against the 2005 recommendations ma...

Background: The screening investigation of choice for phaeochromocytomas (PHAEO) and paragangliomas (PGL) in the UK is usually a 24 h urine collection for fractionated metadrenalines +/− free catecholamines. These assays have high diagnostic sensitivity (approaching 98%) but lower specificity.Aim: To review causes of false positive (FP) catecholamine and metabolite results in our centre over a 12-year period.Methods: Data wer...