Aim To determine the most common indications for measuring metanephrine and normetanephrine in plasma by gender and age and to compare the concentrations of metanephrine and normetanephrine by indication, gender and age.Methods The study was conducted on 224 patients whose plasma metanephrine and normetanephrine concentrations were measured at the ...

By Romana Marušić, Željka Dragila, Adriana Levaković, Ivan Lekić, Dubravka Mihaljević, Željko Debeljak, Tatjana Bačun

Pheochromocytoma is a rare cause of hypertension in pregnancy. Unrecognized, it carries a great risk for both mother and the foetus. The main reason for missing the diagnosis is the misconception that any hypertension occurring in pregnancy is gestational hypertension or pre (eclampsia). As many as 90% of patients report one or more pheochromocytom...

By Romana Marušić, Marija Olujić, Tatjana Bačun