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Table 5 Prolonged arenocorticotropic hormone stimulation test in July 2016 (days 9 to 12 after admission)

From: Acute hypopituitarism associated with periorbital swelling and cardiac dysfunction in a patient with pituitary tumor apoplexy: a case report

 

Reference range

Before

After 3 days

Urinary free cortisol excretion (μg/day)

26.0–187.0

7.7

529.5

Basal serum cortisol (μg/dL)

4.5–21.1

0.8

28.6

Basal plasma ACTH (pg/mL)

7.2–63.3

19.7

<1.0

  1. Blood and urine samples were taken with the patient at the supine position each morning (9 AM) on the 2 days before and after 3 days of intramuscular administration of synthetic ACTH 1–24 (cosyntropin zinc hydroxide 1.0 mg/day)
  2. ACTH arenocorticotropic hormone
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Journal of Medical Case Reports

ISSN: 1752-1947