[Determination of 11-hydroxycorticosteroids in stress-evoking interventions as an endocrinological test].

Determinations of the 11-hydroxycorticosteroids (11-OHCS) in intervention evoking stress proved as advantageous method for the estimation of the ACTH-reserve. After pneumencephalography or transethmoidal-transsphenoidal operations of the hypophysis intensive increase of 11-OHCS in the plasma and urine were observed, when the ACTH-reserve was intact. The investigations give the possibility of renouncing additional special functional tests.