Case Report
Megace Mystery: A Case of Central Adrenal Insufficiency
Table 1
Endocrine lab results.
| | Hospital day 1, 7:00 am | Hospital day 1, 5:30 pm | Hospital day 5 | Normal range |
| Cortisol | 0.6 mcg/dL | 1.0 mcg/dL | | 6.2–19.4 | Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) | | <5 pg/mL | | 10–60 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | | 1.05 mIU/L | | 0.35–4.70 | Free thyroxine | | 0.8 ng/dL | | 0.7–1.9 | Luteinizing hormone (LH) | | 12.0 mIU/mL | | | Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) | | 28.6 mIU/mL | | | Prolactin | | 16.0 ng/mL | | 1.2–29.9 | Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) | | | 178 ng/mL | 45–173 |
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