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SELLA SIZE AND CONTENTS IN SHEEHAN'S SYNDROME
Author(s) -
SHERIF IBRAHIM H.,
VANDERLEY CHRISTINE M.,
BESHYAH SALEM,
BOSAIRI SOAD
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1989.tb00265.x
Subject(s) - pituitary stalk , sheehan's syndrome , pituitary gland , medicine , empty sella syndrome , nuclear medicine , endocrinology , hypopituitarism , hormone
SUMMARY High‐resolution computerized tomography was used to assess the size and contents of the pituitary fossa in 57 patients with Sheehan's syndrome and 17 female control subjects. No correlation was found either in the patients or the control group, between sella volume and age, weight, height, parity or time interval from postpartum haemorrhage to scan. The sella volume showed wide variation. The mean sella volume for all patients was 565 mm 3 (SD 292) in contrast to a mean volume for the controls of 922 mm 3 (SD 155). The difference was statistically significant ( P > 0.001) using the Mann‐Whitney test. The stalk was visualized in 46 patients (81 %) (20 of these showed other pituitary tissue in addition). The remaining 11 patients showed no pituitary tissue, and only pure CSF density was observed.