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Chest computed tomography (CT) on admission showing an 8-cm-sized tumor in the anterior mediastinum.
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Computed tomography (CT) revealed the progression of the disease in the both thymic and metastatic bone lesions, along with the multiple ground-glass opacities in both lungs (Fig. 1, 2).
Chest CT on admission showing multiple ground-glass opacities in both lungs.
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Computed tomography (CT) revealed the progression of the disease in the both thymic and metastatic bone lesions, along with the multiple ground-glass opacities in both lungs (Fig. 1, 2).
The clinical course. COR: cortisol, ACTH: adrenocorticotropic hormone
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The metyrapone dosage was gradually increased from 250 mg/day, and the blood cortisol value was observed to decline slowly (Fig. 3).