Pituitary evaluation
| Time (min) | Stimulation by insulin induced hypoglycaemia | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glycaemia (mg/dl) | GH (0.5–5 ng/ml)* | Plasma cortisol (80–230 μg/dl)* | ACTH (9–52 pg/ml)* | |||||||||||
| A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | |||||||
| 0 | 90 | 99 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 359 | 195 | ND | 61.8 | ||||||
| 20 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 0.7 | 286 | 150 | ND | 51.8 | ||||||
| 60 | 120 | 89 | 12.1 | 0.8 | 585 | 207 | ND | 141.3 | ||||||
| Stimulation by TRH and LHRH | ||||||||||||||
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LH (2–14 IU/l)* |
FSH (2–12 IU/l)* |
Prolactine (2–14 ng/ml)* |
TSH (0.12–5 μU/ml)* |
T4 (4–11 μg/dl)* | ||||||||||
| Time (min) | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | ||||
| 0 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 11.6 | 30.1 | 2.29 | 1.2 | 11.1 | 0.89† | ||||
| 20 | 13.2 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 143.1 | 34.5 | 22.4 | 4.64 | — | — | ||||
| 60 | 11 | 2 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 44 | 31.8 | 14.5 | 4.68 | — | — | ||||
A = Patient number 1; B = patient number 2. ND = not detected.*Normal values. †Free T4 (ng/dl).