False elevations in urinary metanephrines: under-recognised pitfall with 24-hour urinary volume collection

One pitfall in 24-hour urine collection is the input of incorrect urinary volume by the reference laboratory. This may lead to an incorrect diagnosis of pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. A 48-year-old African-American woman was seen in the clinic for an elevated 24-hour urine metanephrine screen du...

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Autores principales: Shin, Terry, Hoang, Thanh Duc, Plunkett, Mary Thomas, Shakir, Mohamed K M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7868217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33541972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-241147

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7868217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33541972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-241147

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