Tag post-partum pituitary necrosis
Harold Leeming Sheehan (1900-1988) 680

Harold Sheehan

Harold Leeming Sheehan (1900-1988) was an English physician and pathologist. Eponymously remembered for his description of Sheehan Syndrome in 1937

Sheehan Syndrome

Sheehan Syndrome

Postpartum hypopituitarism following ischaemic necrosis of the anterior pituitary gland. Pituitary necrosis occurs secondary to hypophyseal portal vessel thrombosis following significant postpartum haemorrhage, hypovolemia, and shock.