The Use of Dibenamine and Norepinephrine in the Operative Treatment of Pheochromocytoma

Abstract

IN RECENT years the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma has been facilitated by the advent of several new agents. The use of intravenous pyelography, retrograde pyelography and perirenal air insufflation¹ has already been well established. The histamine test of Roth and Kvale² has proved of value in cases of paroxysmal hypertension due to pheochromocytoma. However, it must be remembered that cases of positive responses have been noted in which exploration revealed no pheochrome tumor.³ The intravenous injection of tetraethyl ammonium bromide has been reported by LaDue and his co-workers⁴ as producing a paroxysmal rise in blood pressure in pheochromocytoma. This test has . . .