Open AccessAcute renal failure: A rare presentation of Sheehan′s syndrome
Author(s) -
Manzoor A. Bhat,
Bashir Ahmad Laway,
Faheem A Allaqaband,
Suman Kumar Kotwal,
Imtiyaz Ahmad Wani,
Khursheed A Banday
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.93777
Subject(s) - medicine , sheehan's syndrome , rhabdomyolysis , hypopituitarism , acute kidney injury , presentation (obstetrics) , pediatrics , surgery
Sheehan's syndrome occurs as a result of ischemic pituitary necrosis secondary to severe postpartum bleeding. It is one of the most common causes of hypopituitarism, characterized by variable clinical presentation. Acute kidney injury occurs rarely in Sheehan's syndrome and most of the cases have been found to be precipitated by rhabdomyolysis. We here present a case of Sheehan's syndrome with acute kidney injury where theprecipitating cause was chronic hypocortisolemia. We believe this is the first reported case of Sheehan's syndrome in which acute kidney injury was precipitated by adrenal insufficiency.