Sheehan's syndrome MRI
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Iqra Qamar M.D.[2]
Overview
Findings on MRI suggestive of Sheehan’s syndrome are decreased sellar volume, empty sella, pituitary remnant tissue, or CSF in the sella.
MRI
An MRI can done to diagnose Sheehan’s syndrome and to exclude any suspected pituitary mass.The MRI findings in case of Sheehan’s syndrome are:[1][2]
- An empty sella, in chronic cases of Sheehan’s syndrome.[3][4][2]
- Decreased sellar volume, pituitary remnant tissue or CSF in sella.
- Early MRI findings:
- Late MRI findings:
- Empty sella of normal size.[5]
References
- ↑ Keleştimur F (2003). “Sheehan’s syndrome”. Pituitary. 6 (4): 181–8. PMID 15237929.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bakiri F, Bendib SE, Maoui R, Bendib A, Benmiloud M (1991). “The sella turcica in Sheehan’s syndrome: computerized tomographic study in 54 patients”. J. Endocrinol. Invest. 14 (3): 193–6. doi:10.1007/BF03346787. PMID 1906495.
- ↑ Barkan AL (1989). “Pituitary atrophy in patients with Sheehan’s syndrome”. Am. J. Med. Sci. 298 (1): 38–40. PMID 2750772.
- ↑ Sherif IH, Vanderley CM, Beshyah S, Bosairi S (1989). “Sella size and contents in Sheehan’s syndrome”. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf). 30 (6): 613–8. PMID 2591059.
- ↑ Kaplun J, Fratila C, Ferenczi A, Yang WC, Lantos G, Fleckman AM, Schubart UK (2008). “Sequential pituitary MR imaging in Sheehan syndrome: report of 2 cases”. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 29 (5): 941–3. doi:10.3174/ajnr.A1016. PMID 18296547.
- ↑ “File:Empty Sella MRT FLAIR sag 001.jpg – Wikimedia Commons”. Text “Hellerhoff ” ignored (help)
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