The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Metanephrines (Urine)

Metanephrines (Urine)

Metadrenaline and normetadrenaline are metabolites of adrenaline and noradrenaline respectively. Their excretion is elevated in the presence of catecholamine secreting phaeochromocytoma or paraganglioma.

Tube 24h Acid Urine (HCl)
ID 29968
Availability Weekdays. Assay is run once weekly. Please contact the laboratory if urgent analysis is required.
Additional Information If 24 hour urine collection is problematic, consider the plasma metanephrine test instead. Contact the Duty Biochemist to discuss.
Turn Around 11 days
Send to First Class Post to: Specialist Laboratory Medicine,
Block 46,
St James's University Hospital,
Beckett Street,
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Collection Con Accurately timed 24 hour collection. Sample must be collected into 24 hour urine bottle containing hydrochloric acid. Please contact lab if required. Random sample acceptable for paediatric patients.
Sample REQ 24 hour urine collected into HCl. Record volume and collection period and send 20 mL aliquot. Store at 4C prior to sending.
Units umol/24hours
Telepath METU2J
ICE Codes LMETU