Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The current recommendation on the use of venous sampling is reserved for difficult cases of small pheochromocytoma. Bilateral adrenal venous sampling (BAVS) with glucagon stimulation has been reported to be safe and useful in the early diagnosis of the disease. For bilateral lesions, localization can be challenging but highly important since the removal of the dominant side can markedly improve fatal cardiovascular outcomes as a consequence of chronic hypertension....