Patients and tumors characteristics.

Localisation: PHEO were found either in the left (L) or right (R) adrenal gland. PGL were excised from the following location: abd: abdominal; 1: paraortal right; 2: paraortal left; 3: Glomus vagal right; 4: retroperitonal left, paraortal; 5: abdominal, paraortal. NT: non-tested, Sp*: sporadic, RET, SDHB, -D and VHL negative for mutationSp**: RET and SDHB negative. SP1: SDHA, -B, -C, -D, MAX, VHL negative. SP2: SDHB, -D, RET, VHL, Men1 negative, SP3: SDHB, -C, -D, RET, negative, SP4: VHL negative, SP5: SDHB, -C, -D, Men1, RET negative. For CAT and metabolites in plasma, upper reference limits are (in nmol/l); NE (norepinephrine): 6.55, E (epinephrine): 1.23, free NMN (normetanephrine): 1.39, free MN (metanephrine): 0.85, P65 was later shown not to be a PHEO and do not appear in this tablePatients and tumors characteristics.