The most sensitive biochemical test to diagnose pheochromocytoma is:
a) Quantification of plasma free metanephrine and normetanephrine
b) 24-hour urine fractionated metanephrine
c) 24-hour urine VMA measurement
d) 24-hour urine epinephrine and norepinephrine measurement
e) a and b
f) c and d
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Answer e. Plasma free and urine-fractionated metanephrines are the most
accurate biochemical tests for pheochromocytoma.
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- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.
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