Table 1.

Summary of patient’s biochemistry results, postpartum and prior to adrenal surgery, showing high suppressed renin and aldosterone and markedly raised levels of 11-DOC.

Laboratory test	Result	Reference range/units
Serum aldosterone	224	330–830 pmol/L
Serum renin activity	0.01	0.15–2.1 pmol/ml/h
Corticosterone	17.35	5.78–23.12 nmol/L
11-Deoxycorticosterone	9741	121–514 pmol/L
Plasma adrenaline	<4	<4 nmol/L
Plasma noradrenaline	2.60	0–4.14 nmol/L
Serum cortisol (9: 00h)	390	nmol/L
ACTH	44	ng/dL
Dehydroepiandrosterone	0.9	1.9–9.4 µmol/L
Androstenedione	2.1	3–8 µmol/L
Testosterone	<0.7	0–2.9 nmol/L
Oestradiol	466	pmol/L
Sex hormone-binding globulin	60	22–126 nmol/L
TSH	0.7	0.35–5.5 mUI/L
Free T4	17.3	10.5–20 pmol/L
HbA1C	5.6	%