Endocrinology · Endocrinology / Pituitary disorders
Sheehan syndrome
also: Postpartum pituitary necrosis
Pituitary infarction after severe postpartum hemorrhage.
- Specialty
- Endocrinology
- Subspecialty
- Endocrinology / Pituitary disorders
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: not applicable; Female: affected only; Children: no
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Postpartum pituitary necrosis
Etiology & mechanism
Hypoperfusion of the enlarged gravid pituitary.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (8)
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Shares genes with
None.
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