The nurse is collecting a 24-hour urine sample on a child with suspected diagnosis of neuroblastoma.What finding in the urine is expected with neuroblastomas?

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Neuroblastomas,particularly those arising on the adrenal glands or from a sympathetic chain,excrete the catecholamines epinephrine and norepinephrine.Urinary excretion of catecholamines is detected in approximately 95% of children with adrenal or sympathetic tumors.

The Nurse Is Collecting a 24-Hour Urine Sample on a Child