Test Patient value Normal RESULT Interpretation

Range
Cortisol 17. 8μg/dL 5–23 NORMAL
level micrograms
per deciliter
(mcg/dL)

ACTH LEVEL <5pg/mL 11-82 Low Serum ACTH levels

picograms per help determine
millilitre whether Cushing's
(pg/ml) syndrome is acth-
dependent (pituitary
tumor) or acth-
independent (adrenal
tumor). Undetectable
levels or low levels,
both basally and
particularly in
response to
corticotrophin-
releasing hormone
(CRH), suggest a
primary adrenal
cause.
Urinary free- 486μg/day 2.6-37 µg/day High If the urine test
cortisol level reveals abnormally
high levels of cortisol,
it may be diagnosed
with Cushing
syndrome

Blood Chemistry Result

Test Patient value Normal Result Interpretation
Range
WBC 6900 4,000–11,000 Normal
(/cumm) cells/ microliter
(µl) of blood
Hb (g/dL) 10.5 11-13 gm/dl Normal
Hct (%) 45.3 approximately High ● Dehydration
40% ● Increased platelet
counts were recently
reported in patients
with Cushing’s
Syndrome (CS)
Platelet 191 K 150,000 and Normal
(/cumm) 300,000.
Blood Urea 10 7 to 20 mg/dL. Normal
Nitrogen
(mg/dL)
Creatinine 0.69 0.5 to 1.0 Normal
(mg/dL) mg/dL
Alanine 23 19 to 25 IU/L Normal
Aminotransf
erase (ALT)
(U/L)
Na 144 136 and 145 Normal
(mmol/L) millimoles per
liter (mmol/L)
K (mmol/L) 4.0 3.4–4.7 Normal
millimoles per
liter (mmol/L)
Cholesterol 264 <170 High ● Being overweight in
(mg/dL) milligrams per itself can increase the
deciliter cholesterol level
(mg/dL) ● History of
hypercholesterolemia

LDL-c 177 <100 High ● Weight gain

(mg/dL) milligrams per ● History of
de ciliter hypercholesterolemia
(mg/dL)
Triglyceride 108 <150 Normal
(mg/dL) milligrams per
deciliter
(mg/dL)