Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma

C. Diana Nicoll; Stephen K. Gerard; Pierre Francois Plouin; Gilles Chatellier; Joel Menard; Etienne Comoy; E. Grossman; M. Bursztyn; T. Rosenthal; David B. Reuben; Thomas F. Byrd; Mark W. Duncan; George A. Smythe; Leslie Lazarus; Veena Dhillon; W. R. Lees; Roy Davies; William J. Raum; Emmanuel L. Bravo; Ray W. Gifford

doi:10.1056/NEJM198503143121112

Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma

C. Diana Nicoll, Stephen K. Gerard, Pierre Francois Plouin, Gilles Chatellier, Joel Menard, Etienne Comoy, E. Grossman, M. Bursztyn, T. Rosenthal, David B. Reuben, Thomas F. Byrd, Mark W. Duncan, George A. Smythe, Leslie Lazarus, Veena Dhillon, W. R. Lees, Roy Davies, William J. Raum, Emmanuel L. Bravo, Ray W. Gifford

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To the Editor: The importance of the prevalence of the disease was not mentioned in the review of pheochromocytoma by Bravo and Gifford (Nov. 15 issue).¹ Although the prevalence of hypertension is high (15 to 20 per cent of the population),² the prevalence of pheochromocytoma in the Mayo Clinic series of hypertensive patients was only 0.04 per cent.³ Selection of hypertensive patients for a pheochromocytoma workup is therefore critical to increase the likelihood of disease in the group of patients studied. If all hypertensive patients were screened with a test that was 98 per cent specific and 100 per cent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	721-725
Number of pages	5
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	312
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198503143121112
State	Published - 14 Mar 1985
Externally published	Yes

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Nicoll, C. D., Gerard, S. K., Plouin, P. F., Chatellier, G., Menard, J., Comoy, E., Grossman, E., Bursztyn, M., Rosenthal, T., Reuben, D. B., Byrd, T. F., Duncan, M. W., Smythe, G. A., Lazarus, L., Dhillon, V., Lees, W. R., Davies, R., Raum, W. J., Bravo, E. L., & Gifford, R. W. (1985). Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma. New England Journal of Medicine, 312(11), 721-725. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198503143121112

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