Carcinoembryonic antigen-producing adrenal adenoma resected using combined lateral and anterior transperitoneal laparoscopic surgery

Table 1 Time course of serum endocrine profiles and CEA levels before and after surgery

	Normal range	Before surgury	Postoperative day
			1	3	5	7
Adrenal hormones
Cortical secretion
Hormones
Aldosterone (pg/mL)	30.0-160.0	30.4	50.3	113.5	43.3	72.7
Cortisol (μg/dL)	5.0-15.0	54.2	11.2	9.9	10.6	7.2
Estradiol (pg/mL)	10.0-20.0	12.2	10.8	18.6	17.8	11.7
Regulatory factors for cortical hormones
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (pg/mL)	5.0-52.0	5.2	5.4	9.2	5.8	14.8
Angiotensin (pg/mL)	9.0-47.0	12.3	24.6	33.1	36.6	24.9
Renin (pg/mL)	2.5-21.4	3.7	13.9	16.1	8.9	17.6
Medullary secretion
Catecholamines
Dopamine (pg/mL)	< 14.0	15.1	6.5	8.5	6.2	11.5
NA (pg/mL)	46.0-60.0	102.7	52.7	47.1	50.9	59.1
Adrenalin (pg/mL)	< 70.0	40.0	45.8	65.2	64.6	61.2
Catecholamine breakdown products
HVA (ng/mL)	4.0-7.8	8.8	4.5	4.2	5.2	6.5
VMA (ng/mL)	3.3-8.6	24.5	7.8	7.5	7.7	8.1
Tumor marker
CEA (ng/mL)	< 5.0	12.6	4.5	2.5	2.1	2.2

Values outside the normal range are underlined.