A patient presented with headache and flushing He has a family history of his relative having died of a thyroid tumour. The investigation that would be required for this patient would be -
This patient is having MEN syndrome more specifically MEN type 2, which includes.
Medullary carcinoma of thyroid and
Pheochromocytoma
Headache and flushing are manifestation of pheochromocytonia which can be diagnosed by measuring catecholamine level in urine or blood
Chest X-ray
Measurement of 5 HIAA.
Measurement of catecholamine
Intravenous pyelography