Case Report
A Rare Corticotroph-Secreting Tumor with Coexisting Prolactin and Growth Hormone Staining Cells
Table 1
Hormonal profile pre- and postoperatively.
| | Test | Normal range | Preoperative | Postoperative |
| | Testosterone (Total) | 300–890 pg/mL | 91 | 195 | | Testosterone (Free) | 47–244 pg/mL | 17 | NA | | Cortisol (AM) | 3.4–26.9 mcg/dL | 19.7 | 3.2 | | ACTH (AM) | 8–42 pg/mL | 80 | 28 | | IGF-1 | 61–285 ng/mL | 323 | 241 | | Prolactin | 2.1–17.7 ng/mL | 18.9 | 7.3 | | Free T4 | 0.8–1.8 ng/dL | 1.2 | 1.3 | | Cortisol (LDDST*) | <1.8 mcg/dL | 10.8 | <1.0 | | Salivary cortisol (midnight) | <50 ng/dL | 114 | | | GH (Basal) | 0.01–0.97 ng/mL | 0.20 | <0.01 | | GH (75 g glucose load—30 min) | | 0.21 | | | GH (75 g glucose load—60 min) | | 0.46 | | | GH (75 g glucose load—120 min) | | 0.36 | |
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*LDDST: Low-dose dexamethasone suppression test.
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