<p>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 mutation</p><p>Sp**: RET and SDHB negative. SP<sup>1</sup>: SDHA, -B, -C, -D, MAX, VHL negative. SP<sup>2</sup>: SDHB, -D, RET, VHL, Men1 negative, SP<sup>3</sup>: SDHB, -C, -D, RET, negative, SP<sup>4</sup>: VHL negative, SP<sup>5</sup>: 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 table</p><p>Patients and tumors characteristics.</p
