Giant Malignant Pheochromocytoma with Palpable Rib Metastases

Table 1

The values of some metabolites of our patient.

	Laboratory standard ranges	Preoperative value	Postoperative value
Metanephrine (24 h urine)	52–341 ug/day	29259 ug/day	109,25 ug/day
Normetanephrine (24 h urine)	88–444 ug/day	71731 ug/day	728,34 ug/day
Epinephrine (blood)	0–60 mg/day	829 mg/day
Norepinephrine (blood)	120–680 mg/day	8384 mg/day
Dopamine (blood)	0–87 pg/mL	250 pg/mL
Dopamine (24 h urine)	65–400 ug/day	8420 ug/day
Vanillylmandelic acid	3–9 mg/day	204,9 mg/day
1 mg dexamethasone suppression		<1 ug/dL
Plasma aldosterone (PA)/plasma renin activity (PRA)		<5