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Sheehan's syndrome MRI
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Findings on MRI suggestive of Sheehan’s syndrome are decreased sellar volume, empty sella, pituitary remnant tissue, or CSF in the sella.
MRI
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
References
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- β Barkan AL (1989). “Pituitary atrophy in patients with Sheehan’s syndrome”. Am. J. Med. Sci. 298 (1): 38β40. PMIDΒ 2750772.
- β Sherif IH, Vanderley CM, Beshyah S, Bosairi S (1989). “Sella size and contents in Sheehan’s syndrome”. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf). 30 (6): 613β8. PMIDΒ 2591059.
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