title: [A 36-year old female patient presenting with hypoglycemic coma].
abstract: A 36-year-old female was admitted to the emergency department with a hypoglycemic shock of unknown origin. Initial diagnostic procedures could exclude diabetes mellitus, postprandial hypoglycemia, insulinoma, tumor, drug side effects, and exogenous insulin application. Detailed evaluation of the patient's history revealed that the patient had not been able to lactate after an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery 3 years ago. Endocrinological evaluation showed a complete adrenocorticotropic insufficiency caused by a Sheehan syndrome. Concomitantly, an empty sella syndrome was visible in MRI. Even after an uncomplicated delivery and even with normal laboratory values, Sheehan-Syndrome can become manifest in a hypoglycemic shock due to hypopituitarism with insufficiency of the adrenocorticotropic axis.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin I, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bala
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brünnler
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guralnik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schölmerich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schäffler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004652:Empty Sella Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy