Case Report
Unusual Cushing’s Syndrome and Hypercalcitoninaemia due to a Small Cell Prostate Carcinoma
Table 1
Blood test results.
| | Investigations | Results | Reference range |
| | White blood cell count | 12.210 | 4.00–10.00 109/L | | Hemoglobin | 15.5 | 13.5–17.0 g/dL | | Creatinine | 0.60 | 0.70–1.2 mg/dL | | Potassium | 2.5 | 3.5–5.1 mMol/L | | Fasting glucose | 160 | 60–100 mg/dL | | Total bilirubin | 0.73 | <1.2 mg/dL | | Alanine aminotransferase | 29 | <41 U/L | | Albumin | 31 | 35–50 g/L | | Prostate specific antigen (PSA) | 1.7 | <4.1 μg/L | | Chromogranin A (CGA) | 215 | <120 μg/L | | Plasma ACTH | 155.4 | 7.2–63.3 ng/L | | Plasma cortisol | 398 | 62–180 μg/L | | Salivary cortisol | 50.6 | <2.1 μg/L | | Testosterone | 2.57 | 4.6–31 nmoli/L | | Phosphate | 2.6 | 2.7–4.5 mg/dL | | Calcium | 8.8 | 8.6–10.2 mg/dL | | Calcitonin | 272 | <20 ng/L |
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