Metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: signs and symptoms related to catecholamine secretion.

Catecholamines Metastatic Paraganglioma Pheochromocytoma Signs Symptoms

Journal

Discover. Oncology
ISSN: 2730-6011
Titre abrégé: Discov Oncol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101775142

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
19 Mar 2021
Historique:
received: 21 01 2021
accepted: 05 03 2021
entrez: 24 2 2022
pubmed: 25 2 2022
medline: 25 2 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The presence or future development of metastatic pheochromocytomas or paragangliomas (mPPGLs) can be difficult to diagnose or predict at initial presentation. Since production of catecholamines from mPPGLs is different from non-metastatic tumors (non-mPPGLs), this study aimed to clarify whether presenting catecholamine-related signs and symptoms (cSS) might also differ. The study included 249 patients, 43 with mPPGL and 206 with non-mPPGL. Clinical data at the time of biochemical diagnosis (i.e. at entry into the study) were used to generate a cumulative score of cSS for each patient. Patients with mPPGL were significantly younger (43.3 ± 14 vs. 48.9 ± 16.1 years) and included a lower proportion of females (39.5% vs. 60.7%) than patients with non-mPPGLs. Frequencies of signs and symptoms did not differ between the two groups. Patients with mPPGLs had lower (P < 0.001) urinary excretion of epinephrine (3.5 (IQR, 1.9-6.5) µg/day) than those with non-mPPGLs (19.1 (IQR, 4.3-70.2) µg/day). There was no difference in urinary excretion of norepinephrine. In patients with mPPGLs a high cSS score was associated with high urinary excretion of norepinephrine and normetanephrine. In contrast, in patients with non-mPPGLs, a high cSS was associated with high urinary excretion of epinephrine and metanephrine. Although presenting signs and symptoms were associated with production of norepinephrine in patients with mPPGLs and of epinephrine in patients with non-mPPGLs, there were no differences in signs and symptoms between the two groups. Therefore, consideration of signs and symptoms does not appear helpful for distinguishing patients with and without mPPGLs.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The presence or future development of metastatic pheochromocytomas or paragangliomas (mPPGLs) can be difficult to diagnose or predict at initial presentation. Since production of catecholamines from mPPGLs is different from non-metastatic tumors (non-mPPGLs), this study aimed to clarify whether presenting catecholamine-related signs and symptoms (cSS) might also differ.
METHODS METHODS
The study included 249 patients, 43 with mPPGL and 206 with non-mPPGL. Clinical data at the time of biochemical diagnosis (i.e. at entry into the study) were used to generate a cumulative score of cSS for each patient.
RESULTS RESULTS
Patients with mPPGL were significantly younger (43.3 ± 14 vs. 48.9 ± 16.1 years) and included a lower proportion of females (39.5% vs. 60.7%) than patients with non-mPPGLs. Frequencies of signs and symptoms did not differ between the two groups. Patients with mPPGLs had lower (P < 0.001) urinary excretion of epinephrine (3.5 (IQR, 1.9-6.5) µg/day) than those with non-mPPGLs (19.1 (IQR, 4.3-70.2) µg/day). There was no difference in urinary excretion of norepinephrine. In patients with mPPGLs a high cSS score was associated with high urinary excretion of norepinephrine and normetanephrine. In contrast, in patients with non-mPPGLs, a high cSS was associated with high urinary excretion of epinephrine and metanephrine.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Although presenting signs and symptoms were associated with production of norepinephrine in patients with mPPGLs and of epinephrine in patients with non-mPPGLs, there were no differences in signs and symptoms between the two groups. Therefore, consideration of signs and symptoms does not appear helpful for distinguishing patients with and without mPPGLs.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35201450
doi: 10.1007/s12672-021-00404-x
pii: 10.1007/s12672-021-00404-x
pmc: PMC8777503
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

9

Informations de copyright

© 2021. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Minghao Li (M)

Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Christina Pamporaki (C)

Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Stephanie M J Fliedner (SMJ)

First Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.

Henri J L M Timmers (HJLM)

Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Svenja Nölting (S)

Medizinische Klinik Und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Felix Beuschlein (F)

Medizinische Klinik Und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, Universitätsspital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Aleksander Prejbisz (A)

Department of Hypertension, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.

Hanna Remde (H)

Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

Mercedes Robledo (M)

Hereditary Endocrine Cancer Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Center and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Madrid, Spain.

Stefan R Bornstein (SR)

Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Jacques W M Lenders (JWM)

Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Graeme Eisenhofer (G)

Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Nicole Bechmann (N)

Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Nicole.bechmann@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Nicole.bechmann@uniklinikum-dresden.de.

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