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Case Reports
. 2024 Feb 8;12(2):e8521.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8521. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Delayed Sheehan's syndrome diagnosed during the evaluation of secondary infertility: A case report

Surbhi Saxena  1 , Vishesh Verma  1 , Samir Samadarshi  1 , Thinley Dorji  2 , Jayaraman Muthukrishnan  1
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Delayed Sheehan's syndrome diagnosed during the evaluation of secondary infertility: A case report

Surbhi Saxena et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Sheehan's syndrome may present with postpartum lactation failure and amenorrhea or with features of isolated hypopituitarism to panhypopituitarism. A high index of suspicion is required in a relevant clinical setting of postpartum hemorrhage.

Keywords: anterior pituitary hormones; hypopituitarism; infertility; postpartum hemorrhage; postural hypotension.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Magnetic resonance imaging of sella—The arrow shows a CSF‐filled sella with a thin rim of pituitary tissue and pituitary stalk, indicating an empty sella. (A) T2 coronal section, (B) T1 sagittal section. CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.
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