TABLE 4.

Pretreatment Laboratory Values and Posttreatment Laboratory Values Taken After Diagnosis of Hypopituitarism and Before Steroid Replacement

Hormone*	Patient No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Cortisol (5.0–25.0 μg/dL)	Pre:	7.8	22.4	14.8	7.3	16.9	14.1	22.2	13.7
	Post:	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<1.0	<1.0	<1.0	<0.1
Corticotropin (9.0–52.0 pg/mL)	Pre:	†
	Post:	3.3	3.8	3.6	<0.1	5.3	2.5	45.3	8
TSH (0.4–4.0 μIU/mL)	Pre:	1.2		2.08	2.82	0.57	0.66	2.45	1.05
	Post:	0.41	0.18	<0.02	0.91	<0.02	0.18	0.1	0.25
Free thyroxine (0.8–1.9 ng/dL)	Pre:	1		1.3	0.8	1.4	1.1	0.9	1.2
	Post:	0.5	0.4	1.3	0.4	1.1	1.2	0.7	0.8
Total testosterone (262.0–1593.0 ng/dL)	Pre:		359		286	409	528	487	315
	Post:	43.8	20	378	92	<20	62.6	<20.0	278

^*Normal ranges are in parentheses.

^†Precorticotropin levels could not be measured because plasma was not cryopreserved.