title: Sequential pituitary MR imaging in Sheehan syndrome: report of 2 cases.
abstract: We present the evolution of pituitary changes in the cases of 2 patients with Sheehan syndrome as assessed by MR imaging. Both patients had severe postpartum hemorrhage, symptoms of pituitary gland apoplexy, and hypopituitarism. Sequential MR imaging demonstrated evidence of ischemic infarct in the pituitary gland with enlargement followed by gradual shrinkage during several months, to pituitary atrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, University Hospital and Manhattan Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaplun
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fratila
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferenczi
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lantos
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fleckman
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Schubart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology*