title: [The diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma: sensitivity of vanillylmandelic acid and urinary catecholamine determination and the Katecult test (author's transl)].
abstract: Tumour weight was compared with maximal vanillylmandelic acid and catecholamine excretion in 24-hour urine in 21 patients with phaeochromocytoma. The tumour weight correlated both with vanillylmandelic acid (r = 0.805, P less than 0.001) as well as urinary catecholamine levels (r = 0.725, P less than 0.001). Normal vanillylmandelic acid excretion was found in seven patients; urinary catecholamine levels were abnormal in all patients. The Katecult test was additionally performed in ten patients, with nine positive results.
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000652:urine*; D000328:Adult; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000652:urine*; D014642:Vanilmandelic Acid / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D014642:Vanilmandelic Acid
vernacular_title: Zur Diagnostik des Phäochromozytoms. Empfindlichkeit der Vanillinmandelsäure- und Urinkatecholamin-Bestimmung sowie des Katecult-Tests.