A 57-year-old female presented with easy bruising, hirsutism, and weight loss. Morning serum cortisol was 54.1 mcg/dL (reference interval (RI): 7-25 mcg/dL) with an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) of 35 pg/mL (RI: 7-63 mcg/dL). Following a high-dose dexamethasone suppression test, cortisol was 4.1 mcg/dL with an ACTH of 17 pg/mL. Inferior petrosal sinus sampling following administration of corticotropin-releasing hormone was performed. At baseline, the central-to-peripheral ACTH gradient was 2.8-to-1. After administering CRH, this central-to-peripheral ACTH ratio was 23-to-1.
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Kornelia Galior, Ph.D. Fellow, Clinical Chemistry Mayo Clinic |
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Stefan Grebe, M.D., Ph.D. Consultant, Clinical Chemistry Mayo Clinic Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Mayo Clinic College of Medicine |