title: [Sheehan's syndrome].
abstract: The authors describe a case of Sheehan's syndrome that followed hemorrhagic complications due to late abortion, and emphasise the infrequency of changes in plasma lipid levels in this disease. They report a particular case of hypopituitarism and point out the main concepts of pathophysiology, diagnosis, therapeutics and complications that follow this increasingly rarer condition.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Medicina, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Godinho
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Augusto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eliseu
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Nobre
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology