Blood Catecholamines General Information Material studied Blood. Reliability of test results Good. Patient time for test 5-10 minutes. Distinguishes between adrenal-medulla tumors and other catecholamine producing tumors.
Helps identify neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroblastoma and ganglioneuroma.
Rules out or diagnoses pheochromocytoma in people with hypertension. Commercial laboratory, hospital, doctor's office. Lab technician, nurse, doctor. A small, in-dwelling catheter is placed in a vein in your hand or arm 24 hours before the test. Cold adds stress and can cause falsely high catecholamine levels.