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. 2020 Jan 21;10:936. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00936

Table 2.

Hormone profiles and dexamethasone suppression test.

Parameter On admission Postoperative Reference range
ACTH 1.0 76.3 7.2–63.3 pg/mL
Cortisol 18.60 10.90 6.02–18.4 μg/dL
Aldosterone 27.1 30.2 0–353.0 pg/mL
Plasma renin activity 13 14 4.4–46.1 μIU/mL
Urinary metanephrine 145.28 150.82 38–266 μg/24 h
Urinary normetanephrine 116.54 114.86 27–561 μg/24 h
Plasma metanephrine <0.07 <0.07 ≤ 0.21 nmol/L
Plasma normetanephrine <0.06 <0.06 ≤ 0.59 nmol/L
Urinary epinephrine 1.1 2.5 0–14 μg/24 h
Urinary norepinephrine 38.5 27.9 1–100 μg/24 h
Urinary dopamine 167.83 108.57 18–504 μg/24 h
Urinary vanillylmandelic acid 16.8 21.4 0–41.28 μmol//24 h
Urinary homovanillis acid 15.14 8.66 0–41.86 μmol//24 h
TSH 0.919 ND 0.27–4.2 μIU/mL
fT3 2.11 ND 2.0–4.4 pg/mL
fT4 11.56 ND 9.32–17.09 ng/L
Dexamethasone suppression test before surgical operation
Dexamethasone Basal 2 mg
Cortisol (μg/dL) 18.5 19.10

ACTH, adrenocorticotropin; TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone; fT3, free triiodothyronine; fT4, free thyroxine; ND, no data.