Table 1.

Clinical and genetic details for pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma cases

Parameter	This study
Phenotype	Series A	Series Ba	Series A+B
No of cases
Patients	39	54	93
Tumors	40	56	96
Samples studied
Blood/normal tissues	–	5
Primary tumors	38	54	92
Metastases	2	2	4
Gender
Female	20	31	51
Male	18	23	41
Age at diagnosis
Range (years)	17–81	13–77	13–81
Syndrome/mutation
SDHB	6	4	10
MEN2/RET	9	3	12
NF1	5	2	7
VHL/VHL	2	1	3
Diagnosis
Pheochromocytoma	27	43	70
Paraganglioma	12	11	23
Metastasized	7	7	14
Without metastasis	32	47	79
Bilateral/multiple	7	6	13
Survival
DOD	4	2	6
DOC	7	6	13
A	27	45	72

DOD, dead of disease; DOC, dead of other cause; A, alive, no reported disease.

^aData for tumors from Geli et al. (2008) and Kiss et al. (2008).