Evaluation of urine free and fractionated catecholamine metabolites in the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-9158.2020.03.012
- VernacularTitle:尿液游离型及分馏儿茶酚胺代谢产物对嗜铬细胞瘤的诊断价值评估
- Author:
Kaijuan WANG
1
;
Xiaojing GAO
;
Wei ZHANG
;
Xiaocui SHI
;
Hongying CONG
;
Shumin DAI
;
Zhou ZHOU
Author Information
1. 中国医学科学院 北京协和医学院 阜外医院实验诊断中心，北京 100037
- From:
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2020;43(3):255-260
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:The diagnostic values of urine free and fractionated catecholamine metabolites (including metanephrine MN and normetanephrine NMN, usually known as MNs) were established and their clinical value was evaluated.Methods:Using high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry(HPLC-MS/MS), urine free MNs (f-MN, f-NMN) and fractionated MNs(t-MN, t-NMN) from 180 cases of non-pheochromocytoma and 54 cases of pheochromocytoma (PCC)patients were detected respectively.Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) was used to establish clinical reference cut-off value for different forms of MNs, and diagnostic efficacy of free, fractionated and total MNs was evaluated.Results:(1) The cut-off values of f-MN, f-NMN, t-MN and t-NMN were 47.8 μg/24 h, 52.3 μg/24 h, 224.9 μg/24 h and 664 μg/24 h, respectively. The cut-off values of total f-MNs and total t-MNs were 126 μg/24 h and 1 070 μg/24 h, respectively. (2) The correlation between f-MN and t-MN ( r=0.976, P<0.001), f-NMN and t-NMN ( r=0.940, P<0.001) was good. The area under ROC curve(AUC)of f-MN was lower than that of t-MN(0.579 vs 0.730, P<0.001), the sensitivity was slightly lower than that of t-MN((37.01% vs 51.85%, P=0.036), and the specificity was similar (99.44% vs 96.67%, P>0.05). There was no significant difference in sensitivity (90.74% vs 92.59%, P>0.05), specificity (99.44% vs 96.67%, P>0.05) and AUC (0.944 vs 0.959, P>0.05) between f-NMN and t-NMN. The combined diagnostic value of MN and NMN (total MNs) was higher than MN (free type:0.932>0.579, fractionation type: 0.960>0.730), which was similar to NMN. Conclusions:The diagnostic performance of urine free NMN or total MNs for PCC is similar to that of fractionated typewhich can meet the clinical needs.With few influencing factors, free type MNs may be used as an alternative indicator for PCC screening in the future.
