Table 2.
Characteristics for the 14 patients with adrenal lesions
| ACTH (pg/mL) |
COR (mg/dL) |
DST | PAC (pg/mL) |
PRA (ng/mL/hr) |
Confirm exam for PA | Laterality | Size | HU | BP | Diag | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 mg | 8 mg | |||||||||||||
| COR | COR | Furo-up (PRA) | Capt (ARR) | systolic | diastolic | |||||||||
| Normal range | 7.2 ~ 63.3 | 4.0 ~ 18.3 | < 3.0 | < 1.0 | 29.9 ~ 159 | 0.3 ~ 2.9 | < 2.0 | < 200 | ||||||
| 1 | 25.4 | 8.5 | 0.8 | 63.5 | 2.3 | Right | 10 | 5 | 128 | 76 | NF | |||
| 2 | 58.3 | 20.7 | 2.9 | 33.3 | 1.0 | Left | 10 | 10 | 132 | 80 | NF | |||
| 3 | 34.8 | 10.1 | < 1.0 | 88.7 | 1.4 | Left | 13 | 8 | 130 | 82 | NF | |||
| 4 | 25.1 | 19.3 | 1.6 | 67.5 | 0.9 | Right | 19 | 10 | 134 | 84 | NF | |||
| 5 | 80.7 | 21.7 | 1.9 | 104 | 0.8 | Left | 10 | 9 | 138 | 88 | NF | |||
| 6 | 20.6 | 9.9 | 2.6 | 68.7 | 1.2 | Left | 16 | 5 | 140 | 80 | NF | |||
| 7 | 18.8 | 21.6 | 2.9 | 75 | 1.0 | bilateral | 21/20 | 6 | 130 | 78 | NF | |||
| 8 | 77 | 25.1 | < 1.0 | 69.5 | 1.1 | Right | 12 | 4 | 134 | 80 | NF | |||
| 9 | 29.8 | 9.2 | 1.6 | 83.6 | 1.7 | Right | 14 | 1 | 148 | 84 | NF | |||
| 10 | 28.6 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 60.8 | 0.9 | Left | 10 | 5 | 140 | 90 | NF | |||
| 11 | 31.4 | 14.2 | 2.6 | 100.8 | 1.0 | Right | 16 | 10 | 126 | 74 | NF | |||
| 12 | 7.7 | 11.7 | 2.3 | 227 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 312.0 | Right | 26 | 9 | 140 | 88 | PA | |
| 13 | 16.2 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 128.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 416.7 | Right | 26 | 10 | 142 | 86 | PA | |
| 14 | 16.1 | 21.4 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 88 | 0.8 | Left | 21 | 10 | 138 | 84 | SCS | ||
| Mean ± SD | 33.6 ± 22.5 | 14.9 ± 6.4 | 2.4 ± 1.1 | 89.9 ± 45.6 | 1.1 ± 0.5 | Right:7 Left:6 Bilateral:1 |
16.3 ± 5.6 | 7.3 ± 2.9 | 136.6 ± 6.4 | 82.4 ± 4.7 | NF:11 PA:2 SCS:1 |
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Cases 1 to 11 have non-functional adrenal masses, and 12 to 14 have functional adrenal masses including SCS and PA. Data are expressed as means ± SD or number.
ACTH: adrenocorticotropic hormone, COR: corisol, PAC: plasma aldosterone concentration, PRA: plasma rennin activity, DST: dexamethasone suppression test, Furo-upright: frosemide-upright test, Capt: Captopril loading test, HU: Hounsfield unit, NF: non-functional mass, SCS: subclinical Cushing's syndrome, PA: primary aldosteronism