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.
Turnaround
11 days
Send to
First Class Post to: Specialist Laboratory Medicine,
Block 46,
St James’s University Hospital,
Beckett Street,
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Contact
For further details please contact Leeds Pathology customer services: [email protected].
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
24hr urine collection collected into 75ml of 2M Hydrochloric Acid. The pH of the collection should be <3 unless the collection is large in which case a pH of 3.5 is acceptable. Random acidified urine samples are acceptable for paediatrics.
Units
umol/24hours