Elevated Serum Androstenedione Level in a Patient With Ectopic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Syndrome.

Sherry Zhang,Joan C Lo,Marc G Jaffe,Hasmik Arzumanyan

AACE clinical case reports（2023）

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Abstract

Adrenal androgen assessment may help differentiate pituitary versus ectopic ACTH secretion in which androstenedione is elevated, but studies are needed to determine whether disproportionate androstenedione elevation reliably predicts the origin of ACTH excess.

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ectopic Cushing syndrome,hypertension,carcinoid,androstenedione,hypokalemia

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