Endocrine Abstracts

A 12-year-old girl presented with dizziness, palpitations, headaches and sweating associated with hypertension (170/100 mmHg) and tachycardia (180 beats per minute). Repeated urinary and serum catecholamines were initially unremarkable. Routine biochemical and haematological testing was normal as were serum gut peptides. The patient was commenced on phenoxybenzamine, nifedipine and propranolol. This improved her symptoms, and corrected her tachycardia and raised blood pressure...