Sheehan syndrome also known as Simmond syndrome postpartum hypopituitarism or postpartum pituitary gland necrosis is hypopituitarism (decreased functioning of the pituitary gland) caused by ischemic necrosis due to blood loss and hypovolemic shock during and after childbirth.
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