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Question 31 (1 point) How would Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia(CAH) affect cortisol and ACTH levels in blood? a) Cortisol decreased, ACTH increased b) Cortisol decreased, ACTH decreased c) Cortisol increased, ACTH increased d) Cortisol increased, ACTH decreased

Answer 1

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A

Decrease Cortisol

Increase ACTH

Cortical adrenal hyperplasia is basically impaired synthesis of cortisol .

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B

Adrenocortical carcinoma

In this condition ACTH will be decreased

No response to dexamethasone suppression test .