Learn about the ACTH stimulation test, used to help diagnose primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison disease) and to detect conditions affecting the pituitary gland.
Elastase is an enzyme produced by tissue in the pancreas. The stool elastase test is used to evaluate children and adults for pancreatic insufficiency.
Describes how the 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) test is used, when a 17-OHP test is ordered, and what the results of a 17-hydroxyprogesterone test might mean
ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) blood tests are used, usually in conjunction with cortisol tests, to help detect, diagnose, and monitor conditions associated with excessive or deficient cortisol in the body, such as Cushing disease, Cushing syndrome, Addison disease, secondary adrenal insufficiency, and hypopituitarism.
The chymotrypsin test is used along with other tests, such as a fecal fat and/or fecal elastase, to evaluate both children and adults for pancreatic insufficiency.
Urine metanephrines testing is used to help detect or rule out the presence of a rare tumor called a pheochromocytoma or a paraganglioma that releases excess metanephrines.
