Sheehan syndrome associated with raised intracranial pressure.
Intracranial hypertension (IH) has been associated with hypocortisolism caused by either primary adrenocortical insufficiency or corticosteroid withdrawal.


METHODS
The authors describe a case of IH in association with Sheehan syndrome (SS) in a postpartum 29-year-old woman.


RESULTS
The clinical manifestations of IH resolved with corticosteroid replacement.


CONCLUSIONS
This case supports a causal role of hypocortisolism in IH. The authors are unaware of previous reports of hypocortisolism caused by SS leading to IH.
Department of Neurology, Kings College Hospital, United Kingdom.
Kuven K
KK
Moodley
Rebecca
R
Broad
Karen
K
Chung
Paul
P
Riordan-Eva
Naomi A
NA
Sibtain
Nicholas F
NF
Moran
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D049590:Postpartum Period