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Table 1 Hormone levels before and after surgery

From: Symptomatic Cushing syndrome and hyperandrogenemia revealing steroid cell ovarian neoplasm with late intra-abdominal metastasis

Hormone

Before surgery

4 days after surgery

Normal values

Plasma cortisol

31 μg/dl

6 μg/dl

5–25 μg/dl

Plasma ACTH

16 pg/ml

41.7 pg/ml

0–46 pg/ml

Plasma testosterone

98 ng/dl

50 ng/dl

14–76 ng/dl

Urinary free cortisol

1024.8 μg/24 hr

<36 μg/24 hr

30–110 μg/24 hr