Catecholamines - urine

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Catecholamine urine test

Female urinary tract

Male urinary tract

Dopamine-urine test; Epinephrine-urine test; Adrenalin-urine test; Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA); Urine metanephrine; Normetanephrine; Norepinephrine-urine test; Urine catecholamines; VMA; HVA; Metanephrine; Homovanillic acid (HVA)

• VMA: 2 - 7 mg/24-hours
• Epinephrine: 0.5 - 20 mcg/24-hours
• Norepinephrine: 15 - 80 mcg/24-hours
• Dopamine: 65 - 400 mcg/24-hours
• Metanephrine: 24 - 96 mcg/24-hours (some laboratories give the range as 140 - 785 mcg/24-hours)
• Normetanephrine: 75 - 375 mcg/24-hours
• Total urine catecholamines: 14 - 110 mcg/24-hours

Note: mg/hour = milligrams per hour; mcg/hour = micrograms per hour.

Elevated levels of urinary catecholamines may indicate:

• Acute anxiety
• Ganglioblastoma (very rare)
• Ganglioneuroma (very rare)
• Neuroblastoma (rare)
• Pheochromocytoma (rare)
• Severe stress

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:

• Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) II

Review Date: 05/17/2005
Reviewed By: Nikheel S. Kolatkar, MD, Clinical and Research Fellow, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.