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Endocrine Abstracts (2025) 110 EP160 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.110.EP160

ECEESPE2025 ePoster Presentations Adrenal and Cardiovascular Endocrinology (170 abstracts)

A case of sheehan syndrome presenting with acute coronary syndrome: a case report

Norjan Ladja 1


1Zamboanga Doctors’ Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Zamboanga City, Philippines


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Sheehan’s syndrome is a form of post-partum complication where pituitary gland necrosis occurs as a result of sudden large volume blood loss during or after delivery. In this case report, index patient presented with chest pain, easy fatigability and dyspnea. The patient was managed as a case of acute coronary syndrome with positive troponin I. On the 3rd day of hospitalization, no clinical improvement noted warranting further work up and deeper review of history and physical examination. Suspicions for the involvement of pituitary gland was include when upon review of history, the patient presented with complains of amenorrhea, agalactorrhea, sparse thin hair and persistent hypotension. Serum cortisol, low thyroid hormones, hypoglycemia and pituitary magnetic resonance imaging were obtained supporting the diagnosis of Sheehan’s syndrome with acute coronary syndrome.

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