TY - JOUR
T1 - Case 46-1988
T2 - Myelolipoma of Adrenal Gland
AU - Holtzman, Jordan L.
AU - Bursztyn, Michael
PY - 1989/5/11
Y1 - 1989/5/11
N2 - To the Editor: In Case Record 46–1988 (Nov. 17 issue),1 there was a concern that the patient had an adrenal mass that may have been a pheochromocytoma. Dr. Kantor noted that certain drugs can interfere with the diagnosis of this tumor on the basis of the levels of urinary catecholamines or their metabolites. He then noted that the patient was not taking any such drugs. Actually, he was, since studies from our laboratory have shown that a metabolite of propranolol can interfere with the metanephrine assay. As a result of this observation, we routinely discontinue propranolol or metoprolol, which may….
AB - To the Editor: In Case Record 46–1988 (Nov. 17 issue),1 there was a concern that the patient had an adrenal mass that may have been a pheochromocytoma. Dr. Kantor noted that certain drugs can interfere with the diagnosis of this tumor on the basis of the levels of urinary catecholamines or their metabolites. He then noted that the patient was not taking any such drugs. Actually, he was, since studies from our laboratory have shown that a metabolite of propranolol can interfere with the metanephrine assay. As a result of this observation, we routinely discontinue propranolol or metoprolol, which may….
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198905113201919
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198905113201919
M3 - Letter
C2 - 2710211
AN - SCOPUS:0024516667
VL - 320
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
SN - 0028-4793
IS - 19
ER -