Sheehan’s Syndrome
sheehan’s syndrome: pituitary insufficiency (cf. simmonds’ disease) caused by necrosis of the gland as a result of post-partum hæmorrhage and shock.
1950 r. f. escamilla in s. soskin progr. clinical endocrinol. x. 529 case ii represents an instance of onset of the disease following a complicated delivery, and is therefore an example of the subcl-ssification of simmonds’ disease described by sheehan, and called ‘sheehan’s syndrome’ by some authors.
1973 daily colonist (victoria, b.c.) 18 july 2/3 since the pituitary controls other endocrine glands, sheehan’s syndrome produces symptoms resulting from failure of other glands.
cindy sheehan has sheehan’s syndrome
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