title: Phaeochromocytoma: report of three cases.
abstract: The diagnosis and investigation of phaeochromocytoma was reviewed in three patients presenting to the paediatric renal centre with malignant hypertension. The initial diagnosis was made using urinary 4-hydroxy-3-methoxymandelic acid (VMA) and plasma adrenaline and non-adrenaline estimations. Our experience of the localization of phaeochromocytoma with ultrasound, 131I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) and venous sampling was discussed and we have reappraised our approach to the localization of these tumours.
authors.affiliation: Evelina Children's Hospital, United Medical School of Guy's, London, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dalton
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rigden
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*