Eletriptan (Relpaxa™) Causing False Positive Elevations In Urinary Metanephrines

ABSTRACT: Objective: Pheochromocytoma is diagnosed biochemically by demonstrating an excessive production of catecholamines and their metabolites in the blood and urine. However, these tests are at times fraught with false-positive results due to drug effects. We report here a patient with markedly...

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Main Authors: Zachary W. Bloomer, MD, Elizabeth M. Bauer, MD, Thanh D. Hoang, DO, Mohamed K.M. Shakir, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:AACE Clinical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2376060520306349