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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Catecholamine excess in patients with pheochromocytomas or paragangliomas (PPGLs) can lead to hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia. The aim was to investigate the prevalence of hyperlipidemia and the effect of surgical resection.METHODS: One hundred and thirty-two patients with PPGLs underwent an operation at the National Institutes of Health from 2009 to 2016, of which 54 patients met the inclusion criteria. Clinical demographics, BMI, genetic mutations, tumor size, perioperative catecholamine levels and perioperative lipid panels were retrospectively reviewed. Spearman correlation between catecholamines and lipid levels was evaluated. Paired Wilcoxon and paired t test were used to analyze differences in pre- and postoperative lipid levels.RESULTS: Preoperatively, 51 patients (94.4%) had elevated catecholamines, thirteen (24.1%) had elevated total cholesterol (TC) (>200mg/dL), nine (16.6%) had elevated LDL (>130mg/dL) and ten (18.5%) had elevated triglycerides (>150mg/dL). Serum and urinary metanephrine levels were positively associated with TC (r=0.2792, p=0.0372 and r=0.4146, p=0.0031, respectively) and LDL levels (r=0.2977, p=0.0259 and r=0.4434, p=0.0014, respectively). Mean TC decreased from 176.4 to 166.3mg/dL (p=0.0064) and mean HDL decreased from 56.7 to 53.2mg/dL (p=0.0253) after PPGL resection (median 3.1months (range 1.3-50.2) between lipid panels). Most patients with elevated TC (76.9%) had improvement with mean TC decreasing from 225 to 200.2mg/dL (p=0.0230). Of patients with elevated LDL, 66.7% had improvement with mean LDL decreasing from 149 to 131.1mg/dL (p=0.0313).CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of hyperlipidemia in patients with PPGLs is 46%. Future prospective studies are needed to determine whether surgical resection improves TC and/or LDL levels.
View details for DOI 10.1007/s00268-019-05175-9
View details for PubMedID 31531722