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Table 1 Laboratory and endocrine baseline and function tests of the patient before and after adrenalectomy

From: Suspected metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma revealing as pulmonary Kaposi sarcoma in adrenal Cushing’s syndrome

Laboratory tests

Preoperative values

Postoperative values

Normal range

Lymphocyte count (*1000/μl)

1.26

2.89

1-4.05

Lymphocyte (%)

12.9

30.6

25-40

Cortisol basal (μg/dl)

27

3.9

5-25

Cortisol after 1 mg Dexamethason-Suppression-Test (μg/dl)

18

3.5

< 1.8

Cortisol after short synacthen-Stimulation-Test (μg/dl)

Not applicable

10.8

> 18

24-hour urine cortisol (μg/L)

270

Not applicable

8-70

Midnight salivary cortisol (μg/dl)

1.35

0.09

0-0.15

ACTH (pg/ml)

8.9

6.9

0-46

  1. ACTH = adrenocorticotropic hormone. Bold = altered parameters.
  2. * = multiplied by.