Sheehan Syndrome

Preferred Label : Sheehan Syndrome;

NCIt synonyms : Sheehan's Syndrome; Postpartum Hypopituitarism; Sheehan s Syndrome;

NCIt definition : An uncommon cause of hypopituitarism seen after severe postpartum hemorrhaging. Prolonged hypovolemia leads to ischemic necrosis of the pituitary. Clinical signs typically present in the puerperium and include failure to begin lactation, fatigue, hypotension and eventual amenorrhea. Clinical course is usually mild, however extreme cases may progress to adrenal failure. Prognosis is most favorable when hormone replacement is initiated soon after symptom onset.;

Details

Origin ID

C35300;

UMLS CUI

C0242342;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Hypopituitarism [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Hypopituitarism [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Postpartum hypopituitarism [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Sheehan syndrome [PASCAL descriptor]
- Sheehan syndrome [DO Concept]
- Sheehan syndrome [ICD-11 More detail]
- Sheehan syndrome [ORDO Disease]
- Sheehan's syndrome [MedDRA LLT]
- Sheehan's syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ischemic postpartum pituitary necrosis [SNOMED Notion]
- postpartum hypopituitarism [Disease (Nov.)]
- postpartum hypopituitarism [MeSH concept]
DO Cross reference
- Sheehan syndrome [DO Concept]
False automatic mappings
- Postpartum hypopituitarism (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- hypopituitarism [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Postpartum hypopituitarism [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Postpartum hypopituitarism (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sheehan syndrome [ORDO Disease]
- Sheehan syndrome [DO Concept]
- Sheehan's syndrome [MedDRA LLT]
- Sheehan's syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ischemic postpartum pituitary necrosis [SNOMED Notion]
- postpartum hypopituitarism [Disease (Nov.)]
- postpartum hypopituitarism [MeSH concept]

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