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Table 1 Results of biochemical and endocrine tests

From: An elderly patient with 17α-hydroxylase deficiency misdiagnosed as primary aldosteronism: a case report

Laboratory examinations

Results

Reference range

(Male Reference range)

Na+ (mmol/L)

147

135–147

K+ (mmol/L)

3.0

3.5–5.0

Cl- (mmol/L)

107

98–108

Pregnenolone (nmol/L)

30.7

(0.6–4.7)

Progesterone (nmol/L)

21.6

(0.0–1.9)

Deoxycorticosterone (pmol/L)

5858

91–997

Corticosterone (nmol/L)

308.0

0.3–24.5

17-hydroxypregnenolone (nmol/L)

3.9

1.4–35.6

11-deoxycortisol (nmol/L)

3.8

0.3–1.7

DHEA-S (nmol/L)

173

(416–4611)

Androstenedione (nmol/L)

0.2

(0.9–4.2)

Testosterone (nmol/L)

< 0.1

(0.4–1.6)

Estradiol (pmol/L)

91.9

(36.8–147.1)

ACTH (pmol/L)

37.1

1.6–14.1

Cortisol (nmol/L)

80

102–535

PAC (nmol/L)

0.89

0.01–0.67

PRA (ng/L/s)

0.1

0.1–0.8

LH (IU/L)

18.42

(0.79–5.72)

FSH (IU/L)

65.63

(2.00–8.30)

Prolactin (µg/L)

8.99

(3.58–12.78)

24-h urinary cortisol (nmol/24-h)

75

160–1111

24-h urinary metanephrine (nmol/24-h)

304

254–1420

24-h urinary normetanephrine (nmol/24-h)

710

546–1528

24-h urinary potassium (mmol/24-h)

41.6

25.0–50.0

  1. DHEA-S Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, ACTH Adrenocorticotropic hormone, PAC Plasma aldosterone concentration, PRA Plasma renin activity, LH Luteinizing hormone, FSH Follicle stimulating hormone.