POSTPARTUM PITUITARY NECROSIS: A REPORT OF 2 AUTOPSY CASES

Autor:	Shruti Chandrakar, Anitha Padmanabhan
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Pregnancy Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Pituitary gland Necrosis business.industry Autopsy medicine.disease Coagulative necrosis medicine.anatomical_structure Anterior pituitary medicine Etiology Maternal death medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Case Reports. 3:184-186
ISSN:	2454-1303 2454-129X
DOI:	10.32677/ijcr.2017.v03.i04.005
Popis:	Major hormonal changes emerge during pregnancy. The pituitary gland is one of the most affected organs with altered anatomy andphysiology. Sheehan’s syndrome also known as Simmonds’s syndrome or postpartum anterior pituitary necrosis is due to ischemicnecrosis secondary to blood loss and hypovolemic shock after child birth. We report two autopsy cases of postpartum anteriorpituitary necrosis with their clinical correlation. Histopathological examination of pituitary in both the cases showed extensive areasof coagulative necrosis involving the anterior pituitary. Both the cases were associated with indirect causes of maternal deaths likeinfectious etiology.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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