Pregnancies complicated with functioning adrenal adenomas causing severe obstetric outcomes: a 20-year experience at a tertiary center

Table 2 The laboratory and imageological examination of 12 pregnancies with functioning adrenal adenoma

Pts #	Cortisol (0am) µg/dL	Cortisol (8 am) µg/dL	Urinary free cortisol (µg/24 h)	ACTH (pmol/L)	Serum potassim (mmol/L)	Aldosterone (pg/mL)	Ultrasound*	MR*	CT*
1	86.2	73.5	1575.0	0.22	2.70	50.2	left side	-	-
2	40.3	37.9	782.0	1.01	3.14	47.5	right side	-	right side
3	28.8	30.8	627.3	1.53	2.50	78.6	left side	-	left side
4	25.66	26.6	978.4	2.4	2.86	32.5	-	right side	-
5	39.46	38.59	2639.9	0.22	3.14	45.6	left side	--
6	30.6	30.1	1094.1	0.33	2.28	67.8	-	right side	-
7	30.0	29.9	3542.8	0.12	2.39	27.0	left side	left side	-
8	22.2	24.3	504.0	0.27	3.56	111.0	left side	left side	-
9	88.2	50.4	445.6	2.2	2.60	815.1	left side	-	left side
10	12.3	23.2	528.5	1.2	4.05	321.5	right side	-	-
11	9.2	12.8	421.2	13.69	2.42	1876.2	-	right side	-
12	9.5	23.1	342.1	0.27	3.96	230.2	right side	right side	-

Reference range:
Cortisol (0am): ; 2.90–19.40 µg/dL; Cortisol (8am): 2.90–19.40 µg/dL; Urinary free cortisol (24 h): 4.30–176.00 µg/24 h; ACTH: 1.60–13.90 mmol/L; Aldosterone: 10.00−160.00pg/mL
* Ultrasound, MR or CT scan showed that adrenal adenoma on the left or right side

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