Case Report
Adrenal and Hepatic Venous Sampling in a Case of Aldosterone-Producing Adrenocortical Carcinoma with Hepatic Metastasis
Table 3
Adrenal and hepatic venous sampling.
| | | Sampling point | PAC (pg/mL) | Cortisol (μg/dL) | PAC : cortisol ratio |
| | Before ACTH loading | Inferior vena cava | 3890 | 18.3 | 21.3 × 10−3 | | Left adrenal vein | 35,000 | 44.7 | 78.3 × 10−3 | | Right adrenal vein | 3310 | 23.2 | 14.3 × 10−3 | | Hepatic vein | 1360 | 18.8 | 7.2 × 10−3 |
| | After ACTH loading | Inferior vena cava | 4260 | 21.4 | 19.9 × 10−3 | | Left adrenal vein | 64,500 | 58.2 | 110.8 × 10−3 | | Right adrenal vein | 4870 | 132 | 3.7 × 10−3 | | Hepatic vein | 1210 | 21.2 | 5.7 × 10−3 |
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