Table 2.

Hormonal evaluation.

	Pre-operation	Immediately postoperation	At 15-month followup	Reference Range
ACTH (pg/mL)	<5			7–50
AM cortisol (μg/dL)	27.7
Cortisol after overnight 1 mg dexamethasone suppression (μg/dL)	23.6			<1.8
Androstenedione (ng/dL)	375			50–220
DHEA-S (μg/dL)	726	39		25–240
Plasma metanephrine (pg/mL)	<25			≤57
Plasma normetanephrine (pg/mL)	<25			≤148
Total metanephrines (pg/mL)	<50			≤205
Aldosterone (ng/dL)	<1			≤28 (upright 8 am–10 am)
Plasma renin activity (ng/mL/hr)	2.8			0.65–5.0 (upright)
Estradiol (pg/mL)	3853	<30	25.2	<52 (males)
24 hr urine free cortisol (mcg/24 hrs)	56.7	Not measured	Not measured	4.0–50.0
24 hr urine volume (mL)	2080