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Laboratory findings that may associate adrenocortical carcinoma are: | Laboratory findings that may associate adrenocortical carcinoma are: | ||
Adrenal androgens [DHEAS], androstenedione, bioavailable testosterone should be measured in every patient. 17-hydroxyprogesterone serum estradiol in men and postmenopausal women [85]. | |||
fasting blood glucose, serum potassium, cortisol, ACTH (10 pg/mL) 24-hour urinary free cortisol, fasting serum cortisol at 8 AM following a 1 mg dose of dexamethasone at bedtime, | |||
exclusion of a pheochromocytoma |metanephrine and normetanephrine in plasma or 24-hour urine and mainly serves to prevent unexpected complications during surgery or treatment (96) | |||
* A recent study has shown significant differences in steroid hormone precursor and metabolite profiles in urine of patients with ACC compared with patients with | * A recent study has shown significant differences in steroid hormone precursor and metabolite profiles in urine of patients with ACC compared with patients with | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [2]
Overview
Some patients with adrenocortical carcinoma may have elevated concentration of serum cortisol, aldosterone, testosterone or estrogen and reduced concentration of plasma renin and potassium.
Laboratory Findings
Laboratory findings that may associate adrenocortical carcinoma are: Adrenal androgens [DHEAS], androstenedione, bioavailable testosterone should be measured in every patient. 17-hydroxyprogesterone serum estradiol in men and postmenopausal women [85]. fasting blood glucose, serum potassium, cortisol, ACTH (10 pg/mL) 24-hour urinary free cortisol, fasting serum cortisol at 8 AM following a 1 mg dose of dexamethasone at bedtime, exclusion of a pheochromocytoma |metanephrine and normetanephrine in plasma or 24-hour urine and mainly serves to prevent unexpected complications during surgery or treatment (96)
- A recent study has shown significant differences in steroid hormone precursor and metabolite profiles in urine of patients with ACC compared with patients with
benign adrenal tumors (95). This study defined the 11-deoxycortisol metabolite tetrahydro-11-deoxycortisol as the most discriminative marker, although the overall profile of several metabolites provided more information.
Low serum aldosterone concentrations, normal or high serum or urinary concentrations of aldosterone precursors [86,87]