Case Report
Coincidence of Large Adrenal Cyst and Prominent Hyporeninemic Hyperaldosteronism
| Blood sample: on admission |
| WBC | 4.52 × 103 | /μL | RBC | 4.41 × 106 | /μL | Hb | 11.9 | g/dL | Plt | 187 × 103 | /μL | Creatinine | 6.61 | mg/dL | eGFR | 5.4 | ml/min/1.73 m2 | Na | 144 | mEq/L | K | 3.7 | mEq/L | PRA | ≦0.2 | ng/mL/hr | PAC | 514.9 | pg/mL | ACTH | 25 | pg/mL | Cortisol | 14.5 | μg/dL | DHEA-S | 25 | μg/dL | Estradiol | <14.0 | ng/mL | Testosterone | 0.24 | ng/mL | HbA1c | 5.6 | % |
| Urine sample | U-adrenaline | 1.08 | μg/day | U-VMA | 2.16 | mg/day | U-noradrenaline | 55.26 | μg/day | U-metanephrine | 0.036 | mg/day | U-dopamine | 100.8 | μg/day | U-normetanephrine | 0.126 | mg/day | U-cortisol | Below the detection limit |
| Diurnal profile of ACTH and cortisol | Time | 6 : 00 | 23 : 00 | | ACTH (pg/mL) | 23 | 7 | | Cortisol (μg/dL) | 16.4 | 6.9 | |
| Low-dose dexamethasone suppression test | | After 1 mg | ACTH (pg/mL) | 2 | | Cortisol (μg/dL) | 4.5 | |
| Blood sample: one month after surgery | K | 4.4 | mEq/L | eGFR | 5.1 | ml/min/1.73 m2 | PRA | ≦0.2 | ng/mL/hr | PAC | 533.6 | pg/mL | ACTH | 31 | pg/mL | Cortisol | 13.5 | μg/dL | DHEA-S | 3.8 | μg/dL | |
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