Table 1.
Preoperative assessment and postoperative follow-up of the patient.
| Cortisol | ACTH(7-63.3 pg/ml) | UFC(3.5-45 µg/24 h) | Potassium (3.5-5.5 mmol/l) | Sodium (135-145 mmol/l) | FT3(3.8-6.0 pmol/l) | FT4(7.86-14.41 pmol/l) | TSH(0.34-5.6 mIU/l) | TRAb(0-1.75 IU/l) | TPOAb (0-9 IU/ml) | TGAb (0-4 IU/ml) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 am (6.71-22.54 ug/dl) | 4 pm (<10.0 ug/dl) | 0 am(<3.62 ug/dl) | |||||||||||
| Baseline | 25.37 | 25.51 | 23.55 | 6.2 | 316.8 | 3.09 | 140.6 | 5.3 | 12.36 | 0.02 | <0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 1 mg DST | 22.65 | ||||||||||||
| 8 mg DST | 24.1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 week after operation | 16.45 | 15.35 | 15.84 | 3.8 | 3.82 | 141.5 | 4.77 | 10.96 | 0.5 | / | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
| 2 months after operation | 6.01 | 6.5 | 6.73 | 7.2 | 19 | 4.36 | 141.1 | 5.86 | 9.58 | 0.29 | / | / | / |
| 30 months after operation | 472.76(177-579 nmol/l) | 380.85(66-353 nmol/l) | 518.08(<100 nmol/l) | 2.52(5-60 pg/ml) | / | / | / | 5.06(3.1-6.8 pmol/l) | 15.48(12-22 pmol/l) | 0.364(0.27-4.2 mIU/l) | 0.94(0-1.75 IU/l) | 8.76 (0-40 IU/ml) | 7.97 (0-70 IU/ml) |
ACTH, adrenocorticotropic hormone; DST, dexamethasone suppression test; FT3, free triiodothyronine; FT4, free thyroxine; TSH, thyrotropin; TRAb, thyrotropin receptor antibody; UFC, urinary free cortisol.