Case Report

From Bad to Worse: Paraganglioma Diagnosis during Induction of Labor for Coexisting Preeclampsia

Table 1

The results of free plasma and 24-hour urinary and metanephrines and normetanephrines.

Reference values Values at 33-week gestationValues 1 month after tumor excision

Urinary normetanephrines (mcg/24 hrs)111–41911617
Urinary metanephrine (mcg/24 hrs)30–180 (normotensive)
<400 (hypertensive)
291
Total urinary metanephrines (mcg/24 hrs)149–535 (normotensive)
<1300 (hypertensive)
11908
Plasma normetanephrines (pg/mL)<1482920110
Plasma metanephrines (pg/mL)<57<2541