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Table 3 Results of the blood endocrinology results performed at Department of Pituitary Surgery, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

From: Adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing pituitary adenoma with pituitary apoplexy treated by surgical decompression: a case report

 

Unit

Day 9

(First visit)

Day 51

(Pre-TSS)

Day 58

(Post-TSS 6 days)

Day 64

(Post-TSS 12 days)

Day 104

(Post-TSS 52 days)

Day 240

(Post-TSS 188 days)

Reference range

CRH test

 Endogenous ACTH

pg/dL

30.1

28.5

13.1

12.8

<  0.1

7.4

5.0–36.0

 Post-stimulation ACTH

pg/dL

564.0

1.9–153.4a

ACTH stimulation test

 Endogenous cortisol

 

1.23

0.78

0.10

<  0.1

<  0.1

1.0–7.8

 Post-stimulation cortisol

μg/dL

7.65

5.0–20.0

T4

μg/dL

1.95

<  0.50

0.55

4.37

1.21

1.1–3.6

FT4

ng/dL

1.23

<  0.30

0.43

4.02

0.77

0.50–3.00

TSH

ng/dL

0.20

0.04

< 0.03

0.06

0.08–0.32

  1. TSS Trans-sphenoidal surgery, CRH Corticotropin-releasing hormone, ACTH Adrenocorticotropic hormone, T4 Thyroid hormone, FT4 Free thyroxine hormone, TSH Thyroid-stimulating hormone
  2. a Normal dog data obtained from Tanaka et al. [14]