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Is There a Pheochromocytoma?
The size of the mass is important when we're talking about lipid pore adrenal masses. If it's less than a centimeter and a half, our most sensitive test, plasma fraction, or 100-afference may be normal in a patient with a pheochromocytoma. Unlike an aldosterone-producing tumor that can be four millimeters and cause the whole syndrome, for a pheo, the factory needs to be pretty big before it's biochemically detectable.